Further probe to identify Kibria killers: Shafique
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday expressed his hope that the killers of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria and their patrons would be identified through further investigation and be brought to justice.
“After the murder of Shah AMS Kibria in 2005, the then administration did not want the investigation to be conducted properly. Therefore, the real killers and their patrons were not detected”, he claimed, addressing a memorial meeting on Kibria at Jatiya Press Club in the city.
“But the present government is very much committed to doing further investigation with due sincerity”, he said, requesting all concerned for providing necessary information regarding the killing to the investigators.
The minister said Kibria always felt the responsibility inside him of contributing to the state and democracy so that these two run smoothly. "It will be possible to show due respect to his [Kibria's] departed soul when our democracy will get well-established".
Shah AMS Kibria Foundation organised the programme to mark the 7th death anniversary of the former finance minister. Kibria, also an ex-Awami League leader from Habiganj, was assassinated in a grenade attack on a party rally at Baidyer Bazar in his hometown of Habiganj, Sylhet on January 27, 2005.
About opposition parties' long-standing demand for holding the next general election under a non-partisan government, the law minister said, “Those who raise such demand will have to place the proposal before parliament first. Then, their proposal will be discussed if it contradicts with the constitution”.
Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman Khan, who presided over the meeting, said Shah AMS Kibria was murdered for political vengeance.
The previous investigation claimed that the attack was made in line with the August 21 grenade attack, but when Kibria was fighting for life after the attack, the local administration did not take due steps to send him to hospital quickly, said lawmaker Tarana Halim, also a relative of Kibria.
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