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Hasina rejects verdict, flies off to US

Staff Correspondent
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday rejected the judgment in the Jail Killing Case describing it as 'dictated by the government high-ups'.
"It doesn't reflect the judge's conscience. It was given due to pressure from the highest authorities (government)," said Hasina, also president of Awami League (AL).
She was talking to the newsmen at the Zia International Airport (ZIA)
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before leaving for the United States.
"Jail is supposed to be the most secured place in a civilised society," Hasina said. "If anyone is killed inside jail, the responsibility rests with the state to bring the perpetrators to justice and prove the crime. But ironically, the state here has shielded the killers."
She accused Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of interfering in the trial by rewarding one of the prime accused with promotion when the trial was still on.
Talking about the skyrocketing prices of the essentials, the opposition leader reiterated her party's demand that the government step down for the welfare of the people.
She said, "The BNP-Jamaat-led coalition has proved its inability to govern the country and failed in every aspect."
She said the present government has failed to contain the price hike because the prime minister and her family members, ministers and the ruling alliance lawmakers are involved in the profiteering at the expense of the people's misery. The former prime minister claimed her government had been successful in keeping the prices of essentials normal all along, even in Ramadans.
Referring to Bangladesh's
record of being the most corrupt country for four consecutive years, she said it is the result of alliance government's rule, as they seem to have no other business but making money through corruption.
During the month-long visit in the US, Hasina will attend an international conference of women in New York. On her way, she will have a two-day stopover in London and attend party programmes.
She is expected to return home on November 21.
Hasina once again blaming the August 21 grenade attacks on the present government said, "Can she deny that she had engaged Rashid-Dalim clique to bring about the incident? Can she deny involvement of herself or any member of her family or the cabinet in the carnage?"
Senior party leaders including Zillur Rahman, AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil, Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed , Suranjit Sengupta, Abdur Razzaq, Motia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and Obaidul Quader were present at the airport to see off Hasina.
AL Presidium Member Kazi Zafrullah and former diplomat Ziauddin accompanied the AL chief to the US.