PM distributes cheques to victims of Jamaat-Shibir atrocities

SARDAH, Feb 8 (BSS): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina here today distributed cheques among the victims of atrocities of Jamaat-Shibir over the last one year in different parts of Rajshahi.

A total of 98 persons were given financial assistance from Prime Minister's fund for rehabilitation and treatment of the victims and rebuilding their houses torched by the fanatic forces.

At a function at Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, the PM distributed the cheques among families of five dead and 93 injured persons.

Speaking on the occasion, the PM urged the countrymen to forge unity against the evil force involved in the incidents of killing, arson and bomb hurling.

She said, BNP and Jamaat are counting dead bodies to show their success in movement, which is their perverted mentality.  It's a misfortune for the nation that BNP, one of the country's main political parties, is giving indulgence to terrorism in the name of movement.

Pointing out the grenade attack on her on August 21, 2004, Sheikh Hasina said, BNP-Jamaat patronised militant and terrorist forces when they were in power. They had created Bangla Bhai in Rajshahi area, she said.