Audacity of Assassin(s) :( কাঁদো বাঙালি, কাঁদো... :( The assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman took place in the early morning of August 15, 1975, when a group of Bangladesh Army personnel went to Sheikh Mujibur Rahmans residence with the intention to murder him and his whole family. The Army personnel went there with a tank and machine guns and killed Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujibs whole family one by one. They were almost defenseless at that moment. Banagabandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rahman was shot few times in the chest in his staircase. At the time of his assassination, Bongobondhu was serving as the President of Bangladesh. He had a slight idea that this could take place but he trusted his men and never thought that he could be betrayed by his own men. Conspirators: Colonel (was Major in August 1975) Syed Faruque Rahman, Abdur Rashid, Sharful Haque (Dalim), Raju Ahmed and A.K.M. Raju Ahmed, all majors in the Bangladesh Army and veterans of Bangladesh Forces. With cue from certain foreign intelligence and with the aid of Deputy Chief of Army “major ziaur Rahman” they planned to topple the government and establish a military government of their own. Khondaker Mostaq Ahmed, an Awami League cabinet minister under Mujib regime, agreed to take over the Presidency. Over the years many paint of alternative pictures of different conspiracies, implicating Mustaque and CIA as participants.[1][2] It is alleged that the Deputy chief of the army staff Major ZIA and Defence Intelligence Agency DGFI Air Vice Marshall Aminul Islam Khan were aware of the conspiracy.[3] Events: In the early morning of August 15, 1975, the conspirators were divided into four groups. One group, consisting of members of the Bengal Lancers of the First Armoured Division and 535 Infantry Division under Major Huda, attacked Bongobondhu’s residence. Bongobondhu’s son, Sheikh Kamal, fired shots from a second floor window towards the entrance. Bongobondhu was shot and killed on the stairs. was found on the stairs and as planned, he was shot many times before he could show his outrage for that scandalous military intrusion to his premises by these officers. Bpngobonghu may have had time to telephone Colonel Jamil, the new chief of Military Intelligence. Jamil was shot and killed at the gate.[4] Other occupants killed in the attack were Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (killed upstairs); Sheikh Nasser and a couple of servants (in the lavatory); Sheikh Jamal; 10-year-old Sheikh Russel; and several daughters-in-law of Mujibur. Two daughters, Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, were in West Germany at the time. They took refuge with the Indian government and were flown to India.[4] Two other groups of soldiers killed Sheikh Fazlul Haque (Mani), Mujibs nephew and influential leader of the Awami League along with his pregnant wife at 13/1,Dhanmondi, and Abdur Rab Serniabat, Mujibs brother-in-law, and a minister of the Government along with 13 family members on Mintu Road. The fourth and most powerful group was sent towards Savar to repel the anticipated counter-attack by the Security Forces where after a short fight and a loss of eleven men, Security Forces surrendered. Three months later, four major founding leaders of the Awami League, first Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tajuddin Ahmed, formerPrime Minister Mansur Ali, former Vice President Syed Nazrul Islam and former Home Minister A H M Kamruzzaman were arrested and brutally murdered in Dhaka jail on November 3, 1975. কাঁদো বাঙালি, কাঁদো... :(
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:33:36 +0000
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