DU Campus Violence
Gen Moeen to testify in teleconference today
Former army chief General Moeen U Ahmed will give his testimony on the 2007 Dhaka University campus violence via teleconference today.
A parliamentary sub-committee, which is investigating the incident, will start taking the testimony at 10:00am. This is the first ever testimony through teleconference before any parliamentary sub-committee in the history of Bangladesh parliament.
“The respective room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban has been equipped with necessary technical supports”, Rashed Khan Menon, chief of the four-member probe body, told this correspondent.
Gen Moeen, who has been living in the US for the last one and a half years, is believed to be a key player during the last caretaker government as the DU violence took place on August 20-22.
Menon said the former army chief will respond to the queries by the probe body. “We will ask him about his role during the atrocities on students and teachers of Dhaka University and other educational institutions”.
Earlier, the past caretaker government chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and Moeen sent their reply in letters to the sub-committee and claimed they were not involved in the DU violence.
The committee rejected their versions and asked them to appear before the committee and give testimony in details on the incident.
Moeen then requested the sub-committee to take his testimony via teleconference, saying he was ill. As Fakhruddin, also living in the US, did not respond, the committee had decided not to contact him further.
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