Home Adviser Maj Gen (Retd) MA Matin said on Sunday said that the government has taken necessary measures for the security of Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina after a report of possible attack on her in the Indian media.
According to a report run online by Indian TV channel CNN-IBN, Indian intelligence agencies have warned Bangladesh that the former premier faces an assassination threat from a banned militant group.
The home adviser said that he had taken appropriate measures in this regard and he feels there is no threat whatsoever.
The CNN-IBN report said Indian intelligence agencies have warned the country that a six-member suicide squad of the banned Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (Huji) has been trained to execute the plot.
The report quoting sources in the Indian intelligence agencies told CNN-IBN that a Huji team was trained for the last two months.
The Foreign Advisor to the caretaker government in Bangladesh , Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said that security has been beefed up for Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia. Adequate measures are also being taken to assure elections