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Khaleda asks Sahara to resign

Demands withdrawal of general amnesty

Staff Correspondent
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia called for Home Minister Sahara Khatun's resignation for the sake of impartial investigation into the BDR mutiny.
She also suggested that the prime minister withdraws the general amnesty given to the mutineers.
Addressing a press briefing at her Gulshan office last night, she said the investigation into the BDR mutiny might be influenced if the home minister remains in her post.
She demanded probing the role of ruling party leaders who entered the Pilkhana BDR headquarters amid gun fire "in the name of negotiations".
Khaleda asked for changes in the way the government probe committee would
operate. The probe body was formed to investigate the BDR mutiny.
"The jurisdiction of the Erobe committee should be roadened so that everything could be brought under investigation," she said, adding that the committee must be independent, neutral and influence-free.
Questioning the government directive to the army to arrest BDR mutineers only, she said, "I want to know whether non-BDR members involved in the incident will be arrested. If yes, who will arrest them? People want to know whether suspects would be ousted from important posts and arrested."
She. however, did not clarify what she meant by "suspects".
The BNP chairperson said the people want to know "who entered the Pilkhana headquarters from outside, the arms they brought in and how they looted arms and importantdocuments".
She said people want to know what steps have been taken to recover the loot.
Khaleda said, "The prime minister said that she found similarities between the speeches of mine and members of the armed forces. But is it a fault? I just pointed out some mistakes made by the government in deeding with the Pilkhana massacre."
She said in order to divert public attention and not correct their mistakes, the prime minister and the ruling party want to get involved in a debate with the opposition and destroy the environment of unity and understanding.
BNPleadcrs Saifur Rahman, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Jamiruddin Sircar. Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman, Altaf Hossain Chowdhury were present at the briefing among others.