Special tribunal for Khaleda after Eid: Inu

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said a special tribunal will be formed after the Eid-ul-Fitr for quick disposal of the cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia during the BNP-led alliance's agitation that continued for 93 days.

"She [Khaleda] led the countrywide arson attacks that killed around 150 innocent people," Inu told journalists at a programme arranged by the local administration in Mirpur upazila under Kushtia district yesterday.

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The information minister inaugurated a newly constructed building of Mirzanagar Government Primary School there.

Everybody accused in crimes, irrespective of his/her rank , will be tried during the rule of Sheikh Hasina, Inu said, adding that the killing of people by arson attack is comparable to the genocide conducted in 1971.

"Khaleda committed crime against humanity and so, she should not go unpunished. She will be able to continue politics if she can prove innocence, otherwise she must quit politics," Inu said. 

Inu came to Kushtia on Friday and left for Dhaka yesterday afternoon.