BNP’s Fazlur Rahman says he is facing ‘death threats’ amid controversy over July Uprising remarksBNP chairperson’s advisor Fazlur Rahman has alleged that “anti-liberation forces” at home and abroad are threatening to kill him, following his recent remarks on the July Uprising. On Monday, Fazlur said “mob instigators” were threatening to kill him and that they were stationed in front of his rented house in Segunbagicha. I heard they belong to a student organisation, but not our party’s.”He claimed the nickname “Fazlu Pagla”, or Crazy Fazlur, was first coined by the Jamaat-e-Islami and later spread by its supporters. “Now they are shouting: arrest Fazlu Pagla, kill Fazlu Pagla,” he said. Controversy erupted after Fazlur told a TV talk show that the Jamaat and Islami Chhatra Shibir were the “dark forces” behind the Aug 5 Uprising.
