Awami League leader Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday alleged that BNP-Jamaat alliance along with an international militant group was involved in the snatching of three convicted members of the banned militant outfit Jama’at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
“BNP, Jamaat, JMB and al-Qaeda have been carrying out militant activities to destabilise the country. And the BNP-Jamaat alliance was involved in yesterday’s (Sunday’s) filmy-style snatching,” the AL publicity and publication secretary said. Hasan Mahmud, also a former minister, said this while addressing a discussion organised by Bangabandhu Academy at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU).
On Sunday, in a daring terror strike on a prison van militants snatched three convicted members of the banned militant outfit Jama’ at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh killing a cop, but one of them was recaptured hours later in Tangail. About upazila elections, the Awami League leader said BNP leaders are now bragging as they won more seats than that of the AL in the first phase elections.
“They (BNP) have to keep in mind that the polls will be held in five more phases. It’ll be clear whose candidates got more seats only on completion of the elections in all the phases. And then their bragging will vanish in the air,” he said. Krishak League general secretary Shamsul Haque, among others, spoke at the programme held with Bangabandhu Academy adviser Nazir Mia in the chair.
