The party leaders made this claim at a press conference organized at the Santhia Upazila and municipality BNP office on Tuesday (July 28) afternoon. Santhia municipality BNP president Abdul Karim read out a written statement.

He said that on that day Syed Abdullah was in Dhaka. Yet, he is being subjected to propaganda in a planned manner to gain political advantage. He claimed that the incident actually occurred with the direct support of Jamaat parliament member Barrister Nazibur Rahman Momen.

Abdul Karim further said that Barrister Nazibur Rahman Momen is visiting various mosques in Santhia to exert political influence. At Aftabnagar Mosque, he also tried to lead prayers ignoring the mosque committee and the designated imam. At that time, many worshippers naturally opposed him, objecting to his creed. BNP leaders alleged that he still tried to forcibly lead the prayers.

They also claimed that the allegation of an attack with local weapons inside the mosque is completely false and fabricated.

At the press conference, BNP leaders said that a certain quarter is trying to create instability in a planned manner and pin the blame on Syed Abdullah. However, BNP wants to work unitedly with all political parties including Jamaat in the interest of Santhia's development, removing all kinds of misunderstandings and divisions.

At that time, present were municipality BNP general secretary Sirajul Islam Mallik, former convener Sirajul Islam Bande, organizational secretary Asif Iqbal Russell, former joint convener of upazila BNP Sardar Rafiqul Islam, Mir Nazmul Bari Nahid, along with leaders and activists from various levels of upazila, union, and associate and affiliated organizations.