Awami League (AL) yesterday demanded that the caretaker government carry out proper investigation into the August 21 grenade attack on a party rally in 2004 and ensure exemplary punishment of the attackers.
"Proper probe into the incident and trial of the culprits are yet to take place despite repeated demands at home and abroad," AL acting president Zillur Rahman said in a statement.
He however thanked this government for unveiling many mysteries behind the heinous attack through a fresh investigation.
Talking to journalists at his Gulshan residence in the city on the day, Zillur questioned this government's commitment to unmask the godfather behind the grenade attack. People hoped that the godfather would be identified through proper probe but the government has frustrated them, he said.
In his statement, the acting AL president said the then BNP-Jamaat coalition government had in a planned way turned investigation into the incident a farce.
They showed no interest in any international probe even in the face of national and international demands, he mentioned.
To observe the day, the AL will place wreaths at a temporary memorial in front of its central office on Bangabandhu Avenue today. The party will also arrange a discussion at the central office, and special prayers for salvation of the departed souls.
On this day in 2004, a barrage of grenade blasts at an anti-terror rally of the AL killed 24 people including party leader Ivy Rahman, and wounded over 500 others. Almost the entire leadership of the party was present at the rally. Party chief Sheikh Hasina narrowly escaped the attacks.
Zillur blamed the coalition government for the dreadful attack, Its main objective was to kill Hasina, he said.
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