Ziaur Rahman was main mastermind of Aug 15 killing: Hasan

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Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the national and international evil forces those opposed Bangladesh’s independence in 1971 had assassinated Bangabandhu and most of his family members.

“BNP’s founder Ziaur Rahman was one of the masterminds of the assassination,” he told the inaugural function of ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Mobile Rail Museum’ at New Rail Station of the port city this evening, BSS reports.

Terming the Bhola incident as an August conspiracy, Hasan said BNP and anti-liberation forces resort different conspiracies in the month of August. Grenade attacks were carried out to kill Bangabandhu’s daughter and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in broad daylight on August 21, 2004 under the supervision of Tarique Zia and the then premier Begum Khaleda Zia knew everything, he added.

The minister said bombs attacks were carried out at 500 places across the country on August 17. BNP starts different conspiracies when the month of August comes and this time they are also planning to carry out different conspiracies and sabotage acts across the country and the Bhola incident was one of the incidents of that plan, he added.

He said investigation will reveal how he died. “We know that BNP has taken plans to create anarchy across the country in the month of August. But, BNP would not get the scope. Awami League is the party of mass people and they will resist them,” said Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary.

The minister said Khandaker Mostaq Ahmad appointed Ziaur Rahman as the army chief after the killing of Bangabandhu. And it proved that Ziaur Rahman was one of the main masterminds of Bangabandhu’s assassination, he added.

The killing incident of August 15 was merely not the killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as Bangabandhu and most of his family members were killed aimed at jeopardizing the independence of Bangladesh.