The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Adviser to BNP Chairperson ASM Brig Gen (Retd) Hannan Shah yesterday said a vested quarter with ill motive attacked Jubo Dal President Barkat Ullah Bhulu.

Condemning the attack, Hannan Shah said, "It was a planned attack and it happened at the direction of high profile conspirators among the party."

He was addressing a protest meeting against the physical assault on Barkat Ullah Bhulu organised Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Trinamul Dal at the BNP city office in the capital. While BNP joint secretary general Goyeshor Chandra Roy and BNP leader Shahjahan also addressed it.

Hannan Shah expressed deep sympathy to Bhulu and other BNP leaders, who were physically assaulted at the premises of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital when they went to visit BNP Senior Secretary General Tarique Rahman immediately after his release.

He blasted BNP mainstream body led by its Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossian and Jubo Dal for remaining silent on the issue and not issuing any statement and not holding protest programmes against the attack.

He said the attackers of the party's dedicated leader Bhulu would be punished after the release of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.

Khaleda Zia expressed her dissatisfaction and regretted the attack on Bhulu, Milon and Bilkis, he mentioned.

Goyeshor said Bhulu is a dedicated and active BNP leader and contributed a lot to the party, but a vested quarter rewarded by assaulting him in such a way.

He said, "If the party does not punish the attackers, we will punish them after the release of Begum Zia."

Moreover, another protest meeting against the attack organised by greater Noakhali BNP unit will be held in the BNP city office this afternoon.