[chottala.com] Ex-spy chief hints at Khaleda role in bid to kill Hasina

Ex-spy chief hints at Khaleda role in bid to kill Hasina

A former chief of Bangladesh military intelligence has hinted ex-prime
minister Khaleda Zia's involvement in a grenade attack on her
archrival and incumbent PM Sheikh Hasina that left 24 people dead in
2004.

"I understood the (then) prime minister (Zia) knew everything
beforehand. So left her office not lingering the conversation," former
director general of directorate of forces intelligence (DGFI) Sadik
Hassan Rumi told a court in Dhaka as a witness in a pre-trial
statement.

At least 24 people, including then President Zillur Rahman's wife and
senior politician Ivy Rahman, were killed in the blasts at Bangabandhu
Avenue and some 200 others were injured.Hasina, is believed to have
been the prime target, but survived with permanent hearing impairment.

Rumi alleged that he was denied permission to investigate the attack
case, saying Zia appeared annoyed and virtually rebuked him as he
tried to talk to her on the issue. "From where you gathered the
ridiculous information... what is your headache if Tajuddin (a key
attack plotter) goes to Pakistan or anywhere else?" he recalled Zia as
telling him as he tried to confirm a report that the PM herself had
ordered safe passage abroad of Maulana Tajuddin.

Rumi's testimony came as the trial was underway with the court
indicting a number of high-profile suspects including Zia's 'fugitive'
elder son and Bangladesh nationalist Party vice president Tarique
Rahman as a mastermind.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Ex-spy-chief-hints-at-Khaleda-role-in-bid-to-kill-Hasina/articleshow/15595249.cms


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