No attack took place at Hasina's Ctg rally in 1993

In an attempted murder case filed against the then Bangladesh Chhatra League leader AJM Nasir Uddin, now Chittagong City Corporation mayor, and Awami League lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari, three former BCL men yesterday told a court that no attack or clash took place during the rally held at Laldighi Maidan in the city on January 24, 1993.

The three witnesses in the case are Jahirul Islam Chowdhury, the then general secretary of Government City College unit BCL and two former BCL activists--Abdur Rahman and KBM Shajahan.

The then BCL leader Sufian Siddique was attacked at the rally of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina. Sufian filed the case against 18 people, including Nasir and Nizam. The duo did not appear before the court yesterday. Police submitted charge sheet against them on March 7, 1993.

The complainant of the case earlier also told the court that he had no allegation against the accused because the incident took place during the tenure of BNP-led government, which "forced him to file the case."

On April 1 this year, Nasir got bail.