The Interpol issued 'red alert' to nab six absconding convicts of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case who are believed to be living in foreign countries ranging from US to Pakistan. The government has taken fresh diplomatic efforts to bring back home the killers of Bangabandhu to bring them to justice.
The government plans to go for legal battle with the Supreme Court to rescind the High Court verdict that acquitted six former military personnel of the killing of four national leaders in jail on November 3, 1975.
A Narayanganj court on Friday put former deputy minister and BNP leader Abdus Salam Pintu into fresh remand of three days in June 16, 2001 Chasara explosion case.
The light of justice yesterday completely removed the darkness that had hung over the nation for 34 years following the heinous killing of Bangabandhu as the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence to a dozen killers earlier confirmed by the High Court.
Several hundred locals allegedly set fire to the house of Bangabandhu murder case convict Maj AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed at Galachipa in Patuakhali after the final verdict was delivered yesterday.
Both the complainant and investigation officer (IO) of the Bangabandhu murder case are eager to see the earliest execution of the killers of Bangabandhu and want the government to bring back the six absconding killers as quickly as possible to ensure their punishment.
Fazle Noor Taposh, son of slain Shekh Fazlul Haque Moni, said he received the ‘best birthday gift’ on Supreme Court confirming Thursday the death sentence of the killers of his father. ‘My parents could not celebrate my birthday on November 19, 1975. Today, I have got my best birthday gift,’ an emotional Taposh, who is also one of the lawyers of the state panel in Mujib murder case, told a press briefing.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam received a letter threatening death yesterday afternoon a few hours after the announcement of the verdict in Bangabandhu murder case. He received the letter containing a piece of white cloth (alluding to a shroud) with a chit at his office around 3:30pm. In the chit, the writer threatened to kill Mahbubey Alam and other prosecution lawyers in the Bangabandhu murder case.
Chief state counsel Anisul Haque said the nation has finally seen justice in the Bangabandhu murder case. "The court had received appeals from the convicts for hearing on five specific points and accepted prosecution's deliberations on each point and rejected the presentations of the defence counsels," he told a press briefing after the verdict yesterday.
Noted jurist barrister Amirul Islam on Thursday said at least the rule of law has triumphed over injustice and misrule after the long struggle for 34 years through the historic judgment given by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Bangabandhu murder case. "The judgment would bury the culture of impunity perpetrated by the forces of traitors in darkness," Amirul Islam said.
