Fakhrul is spokesperson of Aug 21 killers: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said it is hard to believe that a party's (BNP) secretary general could tell so hideous, despicable and horrible lies over the August 21 gruesome grenade attacks, reports BSS.
"The BNP secretary general is the spokesman of the killers of August 21 as Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that it was a drama arranged by Awami League. But it is clear like daylight that they (BNP) carried out the attacks. It is hard to believe for me how a secretary general of party could tell such terrible lies," he said.
The minister made the comments while exchanging views with reporters at the meeting room of the ministry at secretariat in the city.
Dr Hasan said the August 21 grenade attacks were carried out at the directives of Tarique Zia and with the knowledge of Khaleda Zia to kill the then opposition leader, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on August 21 in 2004. But, BNP leader Mirza Fakrul has made a shameless statement over the incident on Monday, he continued.