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Vol. 5 Num 452 Fri. September 02, 2005  
   
Metropolitan


Grenade, Bomb Attacks
Perpetrators should be tried
EC envoy tells Hasina


Outgoing European Commission (EC) Ambassador in Dhaka Esko Kentrschynskyi yesterday said the perpetrators of grenade and bomb attacks, including those of the August 21 grenade attack and August 17 nationwide serial bomb blasts, should be tried.

Esko Kentrschynskyj said this when he made a farewell call on the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina at her Sudha Sadan residence yesterday.

After the long meeting with the opposition leader he told the waiting journalists, " Proper investigation is needed and the perpetrators should be brought to justice to stop such heinous and brutal attacks."

They also discussed about different aspects on bilateral issues in the almost three-hour meeting.

Referring to the overall situation, Hasina said there is no rule of law in the country and people were being killed without trail; in fact a kind of stalemate was prevailing in the country.

She said "The government is overtly patronising the militant religious fanatics and that's why they aren't taking any action against the perpetrators of the bomb attacks."

Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil MP and Saber Hossain Chowdhury, political secretary to Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, were also present at the meeting.