Legal action will be taken against those who are trying to falsely implicate the Awami League in the arson attack on a BRTC bus in front of the Hotel Ruposhi Bangla on June 4, 2004 that killed 11 people, said Jahangir Kabir Nanak yesterday.
Speaking at a press conference at the prime minister’s political office in Dhanmondi, the Awami League’s joint general secretary claimed that the attack was perpetrated by Ramna police station following the order of Lutfozzaman Babar, the state minister of home affairs of the then BNP-Jamaat government, as proven at court during their tenure.
“BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her leaders and intellectual followers have tried to put the blame on the Awami League several times. But I have the documents that speak differently,” Nanak said.
Showing the documents at the conference to prove his point, he said: “That terrorist activity was carried out by Ramna police, sanctioned by Babar. No one else could have committed such atrocity at that place, because the then foreign secretary of the US was staying at the hotel at the time and security was tight around the area.”
Nanak said they tried to put the blame on him, then the president of the Juba League, and Mirza Azam, who was general secretary.
“These documents will be provided to the media outlets, TV stations, all other relevant parties. If anyone tries to implicate the Awami League in that attack again, they will face slander lawsuit,” he warned.
