Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif yesterday hinted possible complicity of BNP in the killing of Fulgazi Upazila Chairman Ekramul Haque.
“The killers of 1971 are still active. Now they are with a party named BNP. They are plotting conspiracies. A few days back, they threatened to carry out secret attack and it took place in Feni. Ekramul Haque, a popular leader of Feni, was subjected to a secret attack,” he said.
Hanif was talking to reporters while visiting a book fair at Shilpakala Academy in the city.
The Awami League leader claimed that the general people of the country believe the BNP is involved in the incident because it happened after they threatened with secret attacks. He said BNP is blaming Awami League for the Feni murder because it wants to hide its complicity in the incident.
Following Ekramul’s killing, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged it was the result of an intra-party clash of Awami League.
“Masked criminals attacked Ekramul and investigators are yet to reveal their identities. So what made him [Fakhrul] think that the murder stemmed from Awami League’s internal clash? It means the party is certainly involved in it,” Hanif said.
“Now the BNP men are blaming us for the killing to divert people’s attention and to avoid their responsibilities,” he added.
