No mercy, if found guilty

Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday said action would be taken against military officers if found linked with the bomb attack on Awami League lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.
”Whoever is linked with the attack, must get punished. We will not spare anybody,” Sahara said when asked about the Monday's media reports on the involvement of several army persons in the bomb attack. “The matter is under investigation," she added.
She was addressing reporters after a meeting with visiting United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) Executive Director Mike Smith at the home ministry.
Sahara said there were allegations against disgruntled military officers for their involvement in the killings of political leaders since the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975.
“They'll not dare to do so again if the judgment of Bangabandhu murder case is executed,” she said.
During the meeting, the Unctad executive director, who is also the assistant secretary general of the United Nations, proposed setting up a Counter Terrorism Institute in Bangladesh.
Terming the proposal very positive, Sahara said the government is determined to wipe out militancy.
“Once the institute is built, not only Bangladesh, but also the member countries of Saarc will be benefited in curbing militancy," she told the reporters.