Sheikh Hasina blames Khaleda for Aug 21 grenade attack

5 Dariya News ( Saifur Rahman Saif )

Dhaka 22-Aug-2015

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said  she had no doubt about Khaleda’s involvement in the August 21 grenade attack.‘As Ziaur Rahman was involved in the August 15 killing, Khaleda Zia and her son were involved in the August 21 grenade attack. There is no doubt about it,’ said Bangladesh Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina.Twenty four people were killed and scores were wounded as several grenades were hurled at the rally of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina at the capital city Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 20014.

After placing wreaths at the memorial of victims of 21 August grenade attacks at Bangabandhu Avenue, marking its 11th anniversary, the Prime Minister was speaking at a rally.The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, however, denied the allegation of the Prime Minister terming the incident of attack as a dreadful act.  The BNP demanded impartial trial of the offence.‘We want the real offenders be tried through a fair and neutral probe, not considering   who they are,’ said Nazrul Islam Khan, member, standing committee, Bangladesh Nationalist PartyThe BNP leader has made the comment while talking to journalists near the grave of the Martyred President Ziaur Rahman. Zia is the founder of BNP.