Star Online Report
Former president Iajuddin Ahmed, former chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, ex-army chief Moeen U Ahmed and four others were sued Wednesday for an alleged attempt to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by 'slow poising' while in a sub-jail during a state of emergency.
After a short hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Emdadul Haque set Wednesday afternoon for passing an order over the case filed by BNP Standing Committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
The poisoning took place sometime between July 16, 2007 and June 11, 2008 while Hasina, also Awami League chief, was detained in the sub-jail on the parliament complex, the plaintiff alleged.
Two other accused in the case are Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia Lt Gen Masud Uddin Chowdhury, then chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee, and former inspector general of prisons Brig Gen Zakir Hassan. In the case statement, the rest two accused have been named as Maj Gen ATM Amin and Brig Gen MA Bari. However, their current status could not be ascertained instantly.
Earlier on March 11, the prime minister in parliament alleged that efforts were made to kill her by mixing poison with her food while in the sub-jail.
The "slow poisoning" caused a serious problem to her eyes, Hasina told the House. "I was held in a dirty house and given shabby mattress and bed. But the opposition leader [Khaleda Zia] was kept in the speaker's residence. She was allowed to keep a domestic help. Her food was brought from outside and cloths washed at laundry," she said.
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