Case against Zia is a far-reaching political conspiracy by govt: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the filing of a case involving Ziaur Rahman in the killing of three freedom fighter army officers, including Col Khondkar Nazmul Huda Bir Bikram, in November 75 is part of a "far-reaching political conspiracy of the government".

“A complete omnipresent lie was brought to the fore again after 48 years. It’s totally intentional. The only purpose behind it is to mislead people when they (people) have started taking to the streets to restore their democratic rights,” he said.

Speaking at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, Fakhrul said the case was filed also to confuse people as there is strong national and international pressure on the government to hold the next election under an impartial government.”

"An attempt is being made to mislead the nation by raising such a falsehood and a 48-year-old issue. They (government) have a far-reaching political conspiracy behind this. This is part of their plot,” he observed.

Earlier on Thursday, Col Khondkar Nazmul Huda Bir Bikram’s daughter Naheed Izaher Khan filed a case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in Dhaka over the killing of her father on November 7, 1975.

In the case, Naheed made Maj (retd) Abdul Jalil of the 10th East Bengal Regiment accused and claimed that the killing was carried out as per Ziaur Rahman's instruction.

Protesting the filing of the case against their party founder, Fakhrul said Naheed, an MP of the current parliament formed through the night-time voting and a beneficiary of the current ‘fascist‘ government led by Sheikh Hasina, may not have read the book written by her own mother Nilufar Huda about the incident happened on November 7, 1975.

In her book titled “The War of Colonel Huda and Me” , he said Nilufar Huda clearly mentioned that Ziaur Rahmann ordered Colonel Nawazish that day to protect Khaleda Musharraf, Col Nazmul Al-Huda and Major ATM Haider.