A lawsuit has been filed against 12 BNP leaders including acting chief Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for threatening the prime minister with life.
Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad President AB Siddiqui lodged the case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate court on Tuesday (Dec 10).
According to the case documents, on Dec 6, Siddiqui was stopped by BNP activists near Shah Ali market in Mirpur and threatened by the activist.
They allegedly told Siddiqui if the cases against BNP chief Khaleda Zia and party leaders and activists are not withdrawn, “Sheikh Hasina and others will be killed with IS grenades like Aug 21.”
The others accused are BNP chief’s advisor Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Standing Committee members Mosharraf Hossain, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Dhaka metropolitan north unit vice chairman Rabiul Awwal Sohel, Jamaat-e-Islami leaders Afzal Hossain, Mujibur Rahman, Abdul Karim, Hafez Didarul Islam, Aminul Haque Babu and Faruk Ahmed.