Ex-speaker Razzak gets death threat
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
Former speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Shaikh Razzak Ali received a death threat via mail at his Khulna home on Thursday. Writer of the anonymous letter threatened to kill Razzak with hand-bombs if he contested the next parliamentary elections from Khulna-2 constituency. Confirming the death threat, Razzak on Saturday night said he would not file a general diary (GD) in this connection. Razzak, a senior vice-president of BNP central committee, has been staying at his Farazipara home in the city for a month keeping him aloof from intra-party squabbles. "I do not support any of the two factions of Khulna BNP as both have gone beyond the limit violating the party constitution," he told reporters. Razzak, deprived of nominations from Khulna-2 and Khulna-6 constituencies in the 2001 parliamentary elections after he gave ultimatum to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, still hopes to stand in the next parliamentary elections from either of the two constituencies.
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