Motiur Rahman Rentu, the veteran freedom fighter and author of the book Amar Fashi Chai (I want my Death Sentence) has died from lung cancer in Paris Saturday. The former companion to Awami League president Sheikh Hasina published Amar Fashi Chai in June 2000. At that time, Awami League regime banned the book almost as soon as it got published as its contents were inflammatory and could provoke hatred toward the government. In his book Rentu criticized the then ruling Awami League administration and specifically targeted some of its presidiums, including party President Sheikh Hasina. This book by Rentu worked as a major beat up on Awami League during pre election movements of political parties in 2001. Many of unrests, crimes, murders those took place between 1991 to 1997 have been explained by Rentu in that book alleging these were executed at the order of Sheikh Hasina by different Awami League, Chhatro League, Jubo League cadres including Rentu, Hasina’s cousin Sheikh Helal, Sheikh Rubel, Bahauddin Nasim etc. Some of incidents had Rentu himself as miscreant & that was the reason that Rentu demanded is death sentence confessing crimes he has committed at Hasina’s order. Rentu had shown 12 reasons at the end of the book demanding his death sentence including the murder of Chhatro League leader Delwar Hussain in 1991 & Bankruptcy case relating Dhaka Stock Exchange in 1997. According to Rentu, Delwar was murdered by the involvement of a former NSI (National Security Intelligence) Officer at the instructions of Sheikh Hasina, Hasia did so to recharge the campus riots against Ershad’s dictatorship in 1991’s protest.
Rentu left Bangladesh in 2003 with his wife and two daughters and stayed in different parts of Europe for a year before settling down in Paris. The son of Abdul Bari from Muksudpur in Gopalganj, Rentu took active part in 1971’s liberation war under Sector-8 and after the liberation, Rentu was taken in by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a close person & Rentu remained as companion to him. After the assassination of Bangabandhu, Rentu was one of rebels led by Qauder Siddiqui and was arrested as a political prisoner by Bangladesh Army in 1976. Rentu was released soon after Ziaur Rahman became the President. Since then, Rentu maintained a close working relationship with Hasina to 1997. Rentu came to a clash with Sheikh Hasina in 1997 after the Dhaka Stock Exchange scandal & left Hasina’s intimacy as well as Awami League. Rentu’s nephew Bablu has confirmed from Paris that his uncle had succumbed to cancer and would be buried in Paris. Rentu was 53 and is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Courtesy: bdnews24.
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