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In yet another blatant attempt to distort history, Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday said Indian forces were behind the killings of intellectuals at the fag end of the Liberation War.
Martyred intellectuals day: It was the morning of November 15, 1971. After a two-day weekend, Dr Azharul Haque, a surgeon of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, was in a hurry to go to his hospital. As there was a curfew in place, he called up the hospital authorities to send an ambulance to take him to the office.
The then ruling BNP in 2004 hurriedly concluded the investigation on August 21 grenade attack claiming it as orchestrated by Awami League men. Later, the party claimed that there was actually no political involvement in the attack and picked a hapless Joj Mia from his Senbagh house in Noakhali on June 10, 2005, saying he was responsible for the attack.