The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday lodged a complaint with Gulshan police station in Dhaka against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 98 identified others for barring BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia from attending the party鈥檚 鈥楳arch for Democracy鈥� rally in the capital on December 29, 2013, and attempting to murder Khaleda.
BNP chairperson鈥檚 press wing member Shamsuddin Didar said that the complaint, which also accused about 300 unidentified people, was submitted to the police station in the afternoon.
The accused in the case include Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, former inspector general of police Hasan Mahmud Khandaker, former IGP and former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque, former DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia and former chief of the Special Branch of the police, Monirul Islam.
About 240-300 unidentified leaders and activists of Awami League鈥檚 central sub-committees and associate bodies were also made accused in the case,聽 according to the complaint submitted by BNP鈥檚 farmer wing Krishak Dal鈥檚 executive committee member Md Shariful Islam Shaon. 聽
Gulshan police station officer-in-charge Touhid Ahmed told 抖阴精品 Friday night that the recording of the case was underway.
鈥業t will take time to record the case as there are a good number of names in the case. We are recording it,鈥� the OC said at about 10:00pm on Friday. 聽
聽According to the case statement, five or six sand-laden trucks were parked on both sides of Khaleda Zia鈥檚 Gulshan residence, Firoza, in the capital. The obstruction was created on her way to attend the rally on December 29, 2013 to press home the party鈥檚 demand to ensure the caretaker government system ahead of 2014 national election.
It said that the then ruling Awami League cadres sprayed pipers targeting the BNP chairperson in an attempt to kill her when she was coming out of the home to join the programme.
It added that the BNP procession was foiled as the party chairman failed to join. 聽
On the other hand, it alleged, the BNP leaders and workers failed to stay on roads as the members of the law enforcement agencies conducted wholesale arrests.
The plaintiff alleged that they could not file the case due to the fascist Sheikh Hasina government鈥檚 intimidation.
He mentioned in the case statement that came to file the case with the police station as the fascist regime of Shiekh Hasina had fallen on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.