Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has claimed that former party chief Ghulam Azam died as a victim of oppression by the ousted Awami League government.
Addressing a party rally in Narayanganj’s Osmani Municipal Stadium on Friday, he also criticized former local MP Shamim Osman, calling him a "godfather."
Shamim Osman put up a 72-foot-long banner in Narayanganj barring the entry of Ghulam Azam in the district when he was a lawmaker, he said.
"In the presence of the then deputy commissioner and superintendent of police, the godfather issued a threat to Ghulam Azam saying, ‘File a murder case against me in advance.’"
But in the end, Ghulam Azam suffered and died under the tyranny of the Awami League, the Jamaat leader claimed.
He questioned where that godfather is today, saying he is no longer in Narayanganj.
