Sirajganj Incident
BNP plots to foil war crimes trial
Says Qamrul
State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam yesterday said the Sirajganj accident was premeditated and a part of BNP's plot to foil war crimes trial.
Khaleda Zia and BNP have killed the six persons by arranging the rally so close to railway track, said Qamrul. Khaleda should be indicted on charge of the killing, he added.
Qamrul said, ''The incident was pre-planned. How could Khaleda Zia address the rally when the train was burning just beside her.''
''BNP has taken the path of sabotage to thwart the war crimes trial; the incidents of Natore, Chittagong and Sirajganj prove the motive.
''BNP used to say that they also want war criminals to be tried, but they have unmasked their true face now and say that the government wants to divide the country by holding the trial.
''Those who are trying to save the war criminals are actually bigger criminals than the war criminals.''
Qamrul as the key speaker was addressing a discussion on ''unity in favour of the trial of war criminals and preventing obstacles'' organised by Janatar Prattyasha at Dhaka Reporters Unity in the city.
He said the explanation by a British legal expert that the international crimes tribunal act 1973 is inconsistence with the constitution of Bangladesh is wrong.
With amendment to the law in 2009, the accused are given the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court; no other laws in the world on war crimes trial contain the provision, added Qamrul.
The chief guest at the discussion, Jute and Textile Minister Abul Latif Siddique, said the four-party alliance is rather led by Jamaat than by BNP, so BNP is very keen to save the war criminals.
''The very existence of BNP would be threatened if the war criminals are tried, because the party now relies more on Jamaat'', he said.
''If the war criminals are tried, the nation will be free from stigma; no chance is there for the nation to be divided.''
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