Dhaka, January 10: Bangladesh government has “evidence” that ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia’s administration had arranged a “secret meeting” here between former Pakistan president Parvez Musharraf with jailed ULFA leader Anup Chetia, a separatist leader wanted by India.
Defending his claim that Musharraf had met Chetia, Local government minister and ruling Awami League’s general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said, “We’ve the evidence. We’ve not made any statement without evidence. I am aware that no comment should be made about a president without any evidence.”
His renewed claim came a day after BNP denied the charge and demanded the proof that United Liberation Front of Assam leader Chetia held a meeting with the visiting Pakistani president for some one and half hours as he was brought to his hotel suit at Dhaka’s Sheraton Hotel from Dhaka Central Jail.
–Agencies