'Govt trying to scapegoat AL'

In a statement yesterday, the AL alleged that the government move was designed to cover up involvement of the ruling BNP and police high-ups in the ammunition trafficking.

"The government is trying to make Awami League leaders and workers the scapegoats by implicating them in the Bogra ammunition haul," the AL said.

In a joint press statement, AL acting President Abdus Samad Azad and General Secretary Abdul Jalil reminded that opposition leader Sheikh Hasina had already demanded international investigation into the ammunition haul to dig out the truth.

"But the government is using police to make fictitious stories in the name of investigation," the statement said.

The AL leaders condemned 'a conspiracy' to implicate Awami League leaders Mohammad Nasim, Abdul Mannan and Jubo League leader Monjurul Alam Mohon in the case.

They recalled that soon after the recovery of ammunition and explosives in Bogra, the prime minister and the home minister had blamed the Awami League without any inquiry, and now police are trying to execute a government plan.

The AL leaders warned that the government would have to bear all consequences for implicating the AL leaders and workers in the case.

The main opposition party also reiterated its demand for an international inquiry to find out the truth behind the Bogra ammunition and explosives haul case.