Source: The Daily Star
A top leader of Hefajat-e Islam has told a court in Dhaka that the group’s May 5 Dhaka siege programme was designed to oust the Awami League-led alliance government, according to court sources.
The BNP-led 18-party opposition combine financed the programme, Hefajat Secretary General Junaid Babunagari said in his confessional statement made before the Court of Chief MetropolitanMagistrate, Dhaka Tuesday, said the sources.
According to him, Dhaka city unit BNP convenor Sadek Hossain Khoka coordinated the whole programme and handed over the money to Hefajat leaders.
This May 7 photo shows law enforcers taking Hefajat-e Islam Secretary General Junaid Babunagari to a court in the capital. Star file photo
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