Fugitive killers of Bangabandhu to be brought back: Matia

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DHAKA, Aug 1, 2018 (BSS) – Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury today said Bangabandhu’s fugitive killers would be brought back home for executing the court verdict.

“All the fugitive convicted killers must be brought back home to execute the death sentence against them,” said the minister.

The agriculture minister said this while inaugurating a month-long photography exhibition at Shilpakala Academy here on Bangabandhu’s struggling life and the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina.

Matia said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made independent the country after a long struggle and movement for 24 years, saying that the anti-liberation forces brutally killed him along with his family to turn the country into Pakistan again.

With Jubo League Chairman M Omar Faruque Chowdhury in the chair, the inaugural session was also addressed, among others, by Jubo League General Secretary Harun-Ar Rashid, Presidium member Ataur Rahman Ata, Abdus Sattar Masud, Majibur Rahman Chowdhury, Advocate Mohammad Belal Hossen, Mahabub Rahman Hiron, Faruque Hossen, Shahid Serniabat and city unit leader Sajjad Haider Liton.

The agriculture minister said August 15 is the most disgraceful day in the life of the Bangalee nation. The killers carried out attack on three houses including Bangabandhu’s residence on that black night, she added.

A total of 150 photographs since 1948 to till the death of Bangabandhu are being displayed at the exhibition. The photography show will be continued till August 30. The exhibition will remain open for all from 10am to 4pm every day.