Fresh case against Zia a conspiracy: BNP

Staff Reporter :
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the fresh case filed against late President Ziaur Rahman is a far-reaching political conspiracy of the government.

“The new case involving Ziaur Rahman in the killing of three freedom fighter army officers, including Col Khondkar Nazmul Huda Bir Bikram, in November 75 is part of the government’s political conspiracy,” the BNP Secretary General said at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office in the capital.

“A complete all-pervading lie was brought to the forefront again after 48 years. It is totally intentional. The only purpose behind it is to mislead people when they (people) have started taking to the streets to restore democracy in the country,” Mirza Fakhrul said.

The BNP leader said the case was filed also to puzzle people as there is strong national and international pressure on the government to hold the next national polls under an impartial government.

He said that an attempt is being made to mislead the nation by raising such a falsehood and a 48-year-old issue.
Earlier on Thursday, Col Khondkar Nazmul Huda Bir Bikram’s daughter Naheed Izaher Khan filed a case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in the capital over the killing of her father on November 7, 1975.

In the case, Naheed made Maj (retd) Abdul Jalil of the 10th East Bengal Regiment accused and claimed that the killing was carried out as per Ziaur Rahman’s instruction.