Hang them who turned my son into suicide bomber

Killed bomber Hossen Ali

Hossen Ali, 18, died in a bomb attack on Chittagong Judge Court premises on November 29 last year. One policeman was killed and many others were injured in the blast.

Son of Mofazzal Hossen of Taktarchala village in Sakhipur upazila in Tangail district, Ali was a student of class ten at Nalua Abdul Baset Khan High School. He succumbed to injuries at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) two days later of the suicide bombing.

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JMB chief Abdur Rahman and his second-in-command Bangla Bhai are the main accused in the cases filed in connection with the bombing.

Talking to this correspondent, family members of Hossen Ali demanded capital punishment to both the kingpins of Jamaatul Muijahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) and their godfathers.

"Although the militant kingpins sent my son on a suicide mission they surrendered to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) one after another almost safely," said Mofazzal Hossen, 55.

"My son was a meritorious student and had he been alive he would have appeared at the SSC examination this year", the small yarn trader said.

"I want exemplary punishment to the two JMB kingpins who turned my son into a suicide bomber in the name of Islam. I came to know about his involvement with JMB after his death", the father said.

He also demanded that patrons and godfathers of JMB kingpins be identified and punished.

Like Mnofazzol Hossen, many in Taktarchala village also demanded capital punishment to the JMB leaders.

After Hossen Ali's death, Sakhipur police arrested his father, his elder brother Sona Miah and brother-in-law Iman Ali on November 30. They were freed on bail after one and a half months.