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| Father does not believe it |
| 2012-01-26 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The father of Ishraq Ahmed, an alleged key planner of the recent foiled attempt to topple the government, learnt of the involvement of his son in the conspiracy days before the army disclosed the plot. MA Rakib still does not believe, though, that Ishraq was in any way involved in the plot. "Although I do not use Internet, I came to know from my relatives and acquaintances before it was made public [through an army presser] that my son was involved in the coup," Rakib told The Daily Star in Naogaon on Monday. "I didn't believe it. It's merely propaganda," Rakib said about his reaction after hearing about his son's involvement in the plot. Even though Rakib did not pay any heed to the information he had from relatives, he stopped keeping contact with his son. "I know that he is fine," said Rakib, a presidium member of the National Awami Party (Nap-Mozaffar). Asked whether he had tried to stop Ishraq after learning of the facts, Rakib avoided a direct answer. "Every individual is governed by his or her own conscience. Ishraq is now 60. He is doing what he thinks to be good," he observed. Ishraq took up a rifle in hand during the Liberation War in 1971 and he never retreated from his belief his -- power comes from the barrel of a gun, said the father. Shahriar Kabir, executive president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, said Ishraq was undoubtedly a freedom fighter. "But it's no big deal for a freedom fighter turning into a criminal. All killers of the Father of the Nation were freedom fighters," he pointed out. Contacted over phone, Kabir, also a journalist and writer, said he knew Ishraq well. "He used to visit the Weekly Bichitra office in Dhaka. I always avoided him as his movements were suspicious." Rakib said Ishraq was termed beyadob (impudent) in Jahanara Imam's Ekattorer Dinguli for his frequent smoking habit in front of her. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 D *** NG IT, PAKISTAN + BANGLA SHOULD HEAD ON OER TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA IFF THEY WANNA LEARN HOW TO DO A COUP RIGHT! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-26 00:16 |