Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said that Ziaur Rahman was behind August 15, 1975 killings and Tarique Rahman carried out the grenade attack on August 21, 2004 with the consent of Khaleda Zia and now BNP is doing politics of burning people. The minister came up with the remarks after paying homage at Banani graveyard in the capital to the Bangabandhu's family members who were killed on August 15, 1975. But on the black night of August 15, 1975, 10-year-old Sheikh Russell, 4-year-old Sukanta Babu, 8-year-old Arif Serniabat, 12-year-old Baby Serniabat, pregnant Arzu Moni were killed," he said. Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, Sheikh Naser and none of Bangabandhu's family were spared by the killers, he added. And BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was involved in this murder.

Source: Daily Sun August 15, 2023 08:04 UTC