Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said threatening to kill the physician of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is a reflection of Jamaat’s terrorist attitude.
“BSMMU doctor SM Mustafa Zaman came to me last night (August 15) and explained everything. He provided treatment to Sayeedi who was sentenced to life imprisonment,” he said while addressing a discussion on the occasion the National Mourning Day in the city.
North South University (NSU) organized the Mourning Day discussion, marking the 48th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at its auditorium here.
The minister said Jamaat always thinks negative, adding, “The fact that they always think of terrorism and against the state. The threatening to kill the doctor is a reflection of that.”
The victim physician SM Mustafa Zaman filed a general diary with Dhanmondi Model Police Station on Tuesday night over the threat. He is a professor of cardiology department at BSMMU.
Regarding the series of bomb attacks across the country on August 17, 2005, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, “You had seen rise of militants in the country and they wanted to make Bangladesh as a militant state.”
“People saw many militants like Bangla Bhai and Shayekh Abdur Rahman and the then government (BNP-Jamaat) mentioned that those were creation of the media. But later you (media) saw rise of real militants and their activities. In this way, on August 17, 2005, militants bombed simultaneously in 63 districts of the country. Through this attack, they had informed that there were terrorists in the country,” he added.
The minister said that the government has not been able to completely eradicate militancy, but militancy is under control, adding, “Some sleeper cell of the militant group is still remaining. They are trying to expose themselves. Our security forces and intelligence agencies are highly efficient. They are deactivating militancy and bringing them to book.”
