So Dalim picked up a gun and mowed Mujib and his family down? There was no other way that BD could have handled it?
Hence the legacy of blood continues and BD will still have to cope with it. @
Loki; if you feel like it, then give that a thought.
What has happened has happened. And I wish things may have gone through in a more responsible and consistent way such that the security of future generations is ensured.
Mujib maintained a one-party rule with little opportunity to counter it through peaceful judicial means. All political parties and media outlets were shut down. So how would one resort through democratic means?
Unless of-course, it was initiated through a violent revolution. That can result in even more deaths and an even more uncertain future. A burdensome thought after all the hardships and horrors of the 71' War.
One would have to be foolish to screw around with the army in an uncertain and volatile climate.
So, what about Major Dalim?
It was said that one of Mujib's right hand men Ghazi Gholam Mustafa's (also the nation's Red Cross chief) brother said insulting remarks toward Major Dalim's wife during a wedding reception at the Ladies Club in Gulshan, 1974.
Of-course, an argument followed. And Ghazi's boys roughed up the couple. There were even rumors of kidnapping as well, but not confirmed.
Dalim, along with his comrades decided to take action against Ghazi's boys, and greatly damaged his bungalow. Both sides did call out to Mujib to calm things down.
Now, for the boiling part. Mujib called for an inquiry into the army, more specifically, and inquiry into the officer's misconduct. Along with Major Dalim, all of the officers involved were dishonorably discharged.
It is also known that Major Dalim's family were close to that of Mujib's. Mujib did apparently offer a business venture with Major Dalim. But that wasn't enough to sooth the pain.
It was after that Major Dalim and his comrades slayed Mujib and his remaining family. Only Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehena survived since they were on holiday in Germany at the time of the assassination.
Though, I believe toppling him and giving him and his family exile would have been a better option. And leave the Awami League Rest In Pieces for all eternity.
One has to ask how the AL is as strong today in the post-Mujib era with a mentally unstable woman leading it.
The army to this day mistrusts the AL tremendously and vice-versa. The army is a state within a state.
True, violence does not work; but neither do dictatorships.
Aside from the Major Dalim drama, there are many things that went wrong during the Mujib-era. It's a matter of control, which itself is a science. He wasn't very good at.
