Bangladesh’s army chief and a tale of revenge
Al JazeeraA political family in Dhaka has accused the army chief of targeting them for testifying against his brothers in a murder case. “The brother of my uncle Mustafa who was murdered, Habibur Rahman Mizan, was elected as an Awami League ward commissioner in 1994 in the area where the Ahmed brothers lived,” Mahedee, the nephew, says. Whatever the motive, in 2004, primarily on the basis of Mustafa’s deathbed testimony, two witnesses and evidence given by his ward commissioner brother, Mizan, the three Ahmed brothers were convicted of murder. They pick someone up and detain them.” ‘Nothing to do with corruption’ While the Ahmed brothers were in jail or on the run, Mahedee’s family had become a powerful Awami League party presence in Mohammadpur, with Mizan Rahman a respected ward commissioner. It is like a mafia state now in Bangladesh.” Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit contacted General Aziz Ahmed and the three other Ahmed brothers, inviting them to respond to its findings.
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