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Download PDF Awami League (AL) and its allies in the 14-party combine, and several other organisations yesterday observed the third anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an AL rally in the capital with a call to ensure prompt punishment of the real culprits.
Describing the day as a day of disgrace, AL acting president Zillur Rahman accused the previous BNP-Jamaat government of carrying out the heinous attack aiming to kill AL President Sheikh Hasina.
“But she (Hasina) is now in jail and it’s painful for all democratic forces,” Zillur Rahman told reporters after placing wreaths in the morning along with other AL leaders at a temporary memorial plaque on Bangabandhu Avenue where the attack took place.
The AL acting president also urged the caretaker government to mete out immediate punishment to the culprits through a proper investigation.
The grisly attack that took place in 2004 killed 24 AL leaders and activists including its women affairs secretary Ivy Rahman and wounded around 500. Many of the injured are maimed and are living a painful life with hundreds of splinters in their bodies.
AL leaders Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Abdur Razzak, Tofail Ahmed, Motia Chowdhury, Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser, Mukul Bose, Abdul Mannan, Sultan Mohammad Mansur, Abdur Rahman, Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin, Abdus Shahid, Shahara Khatun, Kamrul Islam, Maj Gen (retd) Subid Ali Bhuiyan, Latif Siddequi, Habibur Rahman Seraj, Nazma Rahman, Abu Sayeed, Nurul Islam Nahid, Yafes Osman, Dipu Moni and Hasan Mahmud were present.
Leaders of Workers Party of Bangladesh, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Communist Party of Bangladesh, Sammilito Sangskritik Jote, Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote and many other organisations also placed wreaths at the temporary memorial.
Relatives of the victims and some of those injured in the attack were also present.
National and party flags were kept at half-mast.
The participants, wearing black badges, offered prayers for those killed in the attack.
Police, riot police and Rab personnel were deployed outside Bangabandhu Avenue to avoid any untoward situation.
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