Md Sarjis Alam, General Secretary of July Shaheed Smrity Foundation and Chief Organiser of National Citizen Committee, said on Thursday that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's loyal agents, lurking within the secretariat, set fire to the secretariat to destroy the files containing records of their misdeeds including theft, embezzlement and corruption, which the revolutionaries were investigating.
Following the secretariat fire in the early hours on Thursday, Sarjis wrote on his verified Facebook account, "Over the past 16 years, a significant portion of bureaucrats were among the key stakeholders in the syndicate supporting the Awami League. Hasina relied on them to consolidate her grip on power in the country."
"To reform the state, the entrenched elements of this syndicate within the bureaucracy and administration must be uprooted," Sarjis added.
Sarjis also noted that there was no more time for warnings.
He requested young advisers Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Mahfuj Alam to play revolutionary roles again, adding, "The entire nation stands with you."
Earlier, a fire broke out at 1:52am on Thursday at the secretariat's building 7 which caused the most damage to the offices of three ministries - the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, the Ministry of LGRD and Cooperatives, and the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.
