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Khaleda doubts death threat to Hasina

Says probe reveals nothing

Staff Correspondent
Expressing doubt over reported threat to the life of Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said people questioned its truthfulness asit was issued abroadwhenit could be given athome.
"I came to know the matter from newspaper reports, but questions have arisen among all as the threat came abroad," she said, adding: "We've launched a probe and found out nothing of its kind so far.''
Khaleda said the government was trying to identify the people who made die phone calls, but nobody could be found out yet.
Replying to a question from Krishak Sramik Janata League lawmaker Kader Siddiqui during the prime minister's question time, the leader of the house said adequate security measures, more than what Hasina deserves, were taken in the wake of the filing of a general diary on her behalf.
Taking a swipe at the main opposition Awami League (AL), she said duringits rule it attacked opposition leaders and activists and the government did not take any security
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She said she even could not escape the attack.
"But we don't believe in the
politics of vengeance."
AL officials said Hasina received near-simultaneous threats to her life in Istanbul and Dhaka during her Turkey visit on Monday.
The AL has been boycotting prime minister's question time alleging the speaker's bias against accepting opposition lawmakers' questions to Khaleda.
Replying to a question from BNP lawmaker Muhammad Giasuddin, Khaleda said immediately after taking office her government took various steps to root out violence, killing, rape and other criminal activities and improve law and order.
Referring to Operation Clean Heart involving the armed forces, special police drive across the country and Operation Spider Web in the southwestern districts, she claimed large numbers of firearms and ammunition were seized and criminals arrested during the drives.
She told the House that the government formed the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) bringing efficient officers from the army, police, Ansar and other forces and constituted 'Cobra' with police intelligence agents to cut crimes.
Khaleda claimed Rab achieved success and earned people's confidence after the its launch on April 14 this year.
Taking another question, she said 6,857 people were arrested under the Speedy Trial Act.