Leaders and activists of Awami League have placed wreaths at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhanmondi in the capital, marking the Jail Killing Day.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader placed the wreath on Tuesday morning on behalf of the party people.

Later, he told the reporters: "So many mysteries of the jail killing incident are yet to be unveiled. We will have to find out these mysteries for the new generation."

AL presidium member Matia Chowdhury, Dr Abdur Razzak, Abdul Matin Khasru and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Joint-General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, AFM Baha Uddin Nasim, Organizing Secretary Ahmed Hossain, BM Mozammel Haque, Advocate Afzal Hossain and Mirza Azam, Office Secretary Barrister Biplob Barua , Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, among others, also attended the programme.

On November 3, 1975, four national leaders, and heroes of the country’s Liberation War — Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain Mansur Ali, and AHM Quamruzzaman were assassinated inside the Dhaka Central Jail.

The four leaders played a key role in forming the Mujibnagar government in exile, that led the Liberation War in 1971, with Syed Nazrul Islam as the acting president, Tajuddin Ahmad as the prime minister, Mansur Ali as the finance minister, and AHM Qamruzzaman as the home, relief and rehabilitation minister.

Different political parties are also marking the day throughout the country following the health guidelines because of corona pandemic.

Besides, the AL will arrange a discussion at its central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city at 3.30pm. AL president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are expected to join the programme through video conference from her official residence Ganabhaban.

BDST: 1313 HRS, NOV 02, 2020
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