B’desh says reports about plot to kill PM Hasina are ‘baseless’
DHAKA: The office of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikha Hasina on Sunday denied as“completely base less” some media report sofa plot by her body guards to kill her last month.
The prime minister’s office issued a statement condemning the allegations carried in some news outlets as“completely baseless, misleading and motivated ”.
Deputy press secretary Mohammad Ash raful Al am said the rumours of an assassination attempt on August 24 by officers of Hasina’s special security force were fabricated and damaging to the country.
Obaidul Quader, an influential minister and deputy leader of the ruling Aw a mi League party, told reporters on Sunday there had been a conspiracy between local and foreign groups to assassinate the prime minister but offered no details.
Hasina, seen as a moderate in religious affairs in the mainly Muslim nation, was targeted by an Islamist extremist group in 2004 when leader of the opposition. She survived a grenade attack at a political rally which killed 22 people.
Since coming to power, she has cracked down on religious extremists. AFP