The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking why Md Jalal, who had been tagged as Joj Miah and wrongfully detained for four years in connection with the August 21 grenade attack, should not be given adequate compensation.
Md Jalal, who had been branded as Joj Miah in connection with the deadly August 21 grenade attack, today (September 12, 2022) filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its order on five convicts to give him Tk 10 crore as compensation for violating his fundamental rights.
That humid August afternoon changed Bangladesh politics, perhaps forever. An Awami League rally was in progress at the Bangabandhu Avenue and it was around 5.15pm at the fag end of the rally when Sheikh Hasina, then the opposition leader, started her speech from the top of an open truck.
It was a long, dark plot. A chilling conspiracy was getting final touches in an eerie August of 2004, a month that brings to mind the memories of a past bloodbath. The plot for a high-profile assassination was awaiting approval, again.
On August 14: At Hawa Bhaban the alternative powerhouse of the BNP-led coalition government. At least nine people sat to discuss a recommendation coming from a series of meetings in the past. The Awami League was branded as the archenemy for the country and Islam, and it was recommended that its president Sheikh Hasina must die.