By Mizan Rahman/Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia was involved in the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) border guard mutiny as she “fled from her house during the crisis and went underground.”
Hasina also expressed her suspicion about the involvement of Zia’s son Tarique Rahman in the mutiny as “he called more than 50 times from London during that time.”
The prime minister was speaking at an event marking the distribution of financial assistance among the sick, insolvent and injured journalists, as well as family members of some journalists who have died.
Hasina said: “The BDR mutiny started at about 9.30am, but the BNP chairperson fled from her cantonment house at about 7.30 am. Why did she leave her house and go underground?”
The prime minister said that during the BDR mutiny, Tarique Rahman “called 40-45 persons.”
“What was the mystery of too many phone calls on that day?” she asked.
Hasina said many things would come out if an investigation is carried out.
She said the BNP is still talking about the BDR mutiny. “Let me ask a question to the BNP chief and her son: Who could be involved in the (BDR) killings?
“The person who left his home can be involved in this incident; otherwise, why that person would leave the house,” Hasina said adding that one person had left her house and another person was calling from London.