Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the tragic loss of lives in the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft on the Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka's Diabari, Uttara. In a condolence message, she prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls and for a speedy recovery of the injured.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the BNP chairperson asked the party leaders and activists to support the families of the deceased and injured in the accident. Khaleda Zia, who is also a former prime minister, instructed party members to donate blood to the injured who are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Dhaka.
At the instructions of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, a delegation led by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed, Joint Secretary General Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, Publicity Secretary Sultan Salauddin Tuku, Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP convener Aminul Haque, and Amra BNP Paribar convener Atiqur Rahman Rumon, rushed to the site of the crash this afternoon.
BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr. Rafiqul Islam, following instructions from the party's acting chairman, arrived at the aircraft crash site in Uttara with a rescue team and a fleet of ambulances. The rescue team engaged in necessary efforts and visited the injured at Uttara Modern Hospital.
Since the aircraft crash, leaders and activists of associate bodies of the party have been volunteering at the crash site in Uttara. The party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman is constantly monitoring the situation from London.