I should give up politics as I could not save the lives of my fellows, says Shamim
Shamim Osman, the ruling party lawmaker at Narayanganj, has admitted to having a phone conversation with Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the seven murder case.
He admitted it before the media at his Gulshan residence on Friday evening.
A phone conversation between Shamim Osman and Nur Hossain has been leaked. Private television channel Channel 24 broadcast the coversation on Friday.
In the press conference, Shamim Osman said: “I repeatedly told Nur Hossain to surrender before the court if he was not guilty. But Nur Hossain did not accept what I suggested.
I did not suggest him to flee, rather I suggested him to surrender.”
He described how he had tried to get Nazrul back after he was abducted along with six other persons.
He claimed that a former senior official threatened him saying “If we are not saved, you will not be saved.”
“I should give up politics as I could not save the lives of my fellows, as one after another of my activists have been killed,” Shamim said.
Mentioning that his life is under threat, the ruling party lawmaker begged help from the media.
He also expressed anxiety over the security of Rafiur Rabbi’s life.
Rabbi, father of murdered teenager Tanvir Mohammad Twaki, will contest in the Narayanganj-5 by-polls scheduled to be held on June 26.
“If Rafiur Rabbi disappears, people will accuse me for that,” Shamim said demanding the protection for Rabbi.
He also called for judicial enquiry into the Twaki murder case.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
