Sheikh Hasina News: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her heart before the four-day visit to India. He recalled the horrors of the massacre of his family in 1975. Hasina told that once she too was forced to hide near Delhi’s posh Pandara Road, where she lived with her children to avoid those who killed her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Almost five decades later, 50 years later, Hasina spoke a lot about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s death and her circumstances during a conversation with ANI. During this his eyes were moist. This is about the time when she left Bangladesh to live with her nuclear scientist husband in Germany. It was 30th July in 1975 and family members had come to the airport to see off Haseena and her sister. It was a pleasant farewell and Hasina had no idea that this would be her last meeting with her parents.
Sheikh Hasina told that her husband was abroad, so she lived with her parents. When she was leaving, all the family members had come to see her off. There was a lot of happiness but, it was the last day when she was meeting her parents. About 15 days later, on the morning of August 15, Hasina got the news that her father had been killed.
Received news of father’s murder on August 15 – Hasina
A fortnight later, on the morning of August 15, Hasina received news that she found it difficult to believe. His father, the great statesman Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was killed. This news was not limited to the death of his father, but many more members of his family were also murdered. This day was one of the darkest chapters in the history of Bangladesh.
Recalling that period, Hasina said that India was one of the first countries to help her. Indira Gandhi immediately sent information that she wanted to give us security and shelter. After this he decided to come back to Delhi. Because if he went to Delhi, he could easily go back to his country from there and find out how many members of the family have been killed.
Today the pain in Hasina’s voice
Even though it may have been five decades since this accident, the pain still lingers in Hasina’s voice. He said that it was a very difficult time for him. The then Bangladesh Ambassador to Germany Humayun Rashid Chowdhury was the first to give an account of the massacre of his family. He said that we were kept in a house in Delhi with full security, because everyone was worried about us.
Hasina told that 18 members of her family were killed along with her parents in this attack. These included his relatives, guests, servants and his children. The aim of the killers was that no one from Bangabandhu’s family should ever come back to power. Hasina told that her younger brother was only 10 years old but, he too was not spared.
That period was very difficult – Hasina
A lot was lost, yet somewhere he realized that he had to think ahead. Have to move on. The pain, the pain were extremely difficult but, he had his sister and children with him to move forward. I decided to go ahead thinking that I have to do something… I can’t live like this. However, this pain will never go away.
Hasina was forced to hide her identity after killing her parents
Hasina said that this crime not only killed her father, she also changed the ideology of our liberation struggle. This one night changed everything. He said that father’s killers were harassing us even after that. So when we lived in Pandara Road, our identity was changed. After losing her parents, Hasina was forced to hide her identity until 1981.
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