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Zia was mastermind behind Bangabandhu killing: Quader
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2019 (BSS) – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul
Quader today said BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was the mastermind behind the
killings of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his
family members.
“Zia was the mastermind behind Bangabandhu killing on August 15, 1975 and
his son Tarique Rahman was the mastermind of the August 21 grenade attack,”
he said while addressing a discussion in the capital.
Jubo Mahila League organised the meeting at AL’s Bangabandhu Avenue
Central Office, marking the 44th martyrdom anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman and the National Mourning Day.
Speaking as the chief guest, Quader said the people, who were involved in
barbaric killings in the history of the world, did not able to get a normal
death.
Recalling the death of Mir Jafar, who was involved in the killing of Nabab
Siraj ud-Daulah, he said: “When we look at the assassinators of Bangabandhu,
we observe the same thing”.
Terming the Bangabandhu killing one of the most barbaric killings in the
world history, Quader, also Awami League General Secretary, said women and
children got escaped the killings of Karbala while women and children were
not spared on August 15, 1975.
If Ziaur Rahman did not patronise the killers of Bangabandhu and stop the
process of trial in the Bangabandhu killing by proclaiming the indemnity
ordinance, Quader said, he would had not been killed.
About Rohingya problem, he said there is an international plot over
Rohingya issue and a vested quarter of the country is also involved in the
conspiracy.
“We’ve information about the people who are playing dirty game with
Rohingya issue… We will take action against them in time,” the AL general
secretary said.
Chaired by Jubo Mahila League President Nazma Akhtar, the discussion was
addressed, among others, by AL Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, State
Minister for Women and Children Affairs and AL Women Affairs Secretary
Fazilatunnesa Indira and Jubo Mahila League General Secretary Apu Ukil.
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