Graves of as many as 127 individuals who were killed during the student-led mass uprising have been identified at Rayer Bazar in the capital.
Rifat Rashid, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement revealed the figure while visiting Rayer Bazar Graveyard to offer fateha at the graves of the July revolution martyrs early Friday (November 15, 2024) afternoon.
The organisation's spokesperson Umama Fatema said many families could not yet trace their relatives. "There was an attempt to conceal the mass murders carried out by the autocratic Sheikh Hasina-led government. No clear steps have so far been taken by the government to identify the mass graves," she said.
She also demanded of the government to make a list of mass killing victims identifying their names and addresses using the DNA tests along with modern technology.
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement member secretary Arif Sohel said: "Don't betray with the blood of martyrs. Political parties are not recognising the fascism. They have been imbued with the spirit of Mujibism. We still want to believe that the political parties will show respect to the people's hopes and aspirations."
Rifat Rashid also alleged that the political parties were trying to rehabilitate the Awami League. "We can't allow the political parties to do it in anyway," he said.
