Jamaat-e-Islami has denied allegations that it stoked violence throughout protests. (File)
Dhaka:
Bangladesh’s caretaker authorities revoked a ban on the nation’s predominant Islamic social gathering and its affiliated teams on Wednesday, saying it has not discovered proof of their involvement in “terrorist actions”.
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s authorities had banned the Jamaat-e-Islami social gathering beneath an anti-terrorism legislation, blaming it for stoking lethal violence throughout student-led protests that become an rebellion towards Hasina, forcing her to resign and flee to India on Aug. 5.
A gazette notification on Wednesday by the caretaker authorities that changed Hasina’s administration mentioned there was “no particular proof of involvement of Jamaat” and its associates “in terrorist actions”.
The social gathering has denied allegations that it stoked violence and had condemned the ban as “unlawful, extrajudicial and unconstitutional.”
Jamaat has not been in a position to contest elections in Bangladesh after a court docket mentioned in 2013 its registration as a political social gathering conflicted with Bangladesh’s secular structure.
Shishir Monir, a lawyer for the social gathering, mentioned it’ll file a petition early subsequent week on the Supreme Court docket to hunt restoration of its registration.
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