‘He never depended on anyone’s mercy to get out of prison’

Law  Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur  Rahman was detained and sent to jail for several times in his  life, but he never depended on anybody's mercy to get released from custody.

   "Father of the Nation  Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman got released from jail after  winning legal battles in court, as he believed in the rule of  law," he said while speaking as a guest at a discussion organised by International Mother Language Institute, on the occasion of the 45th death anniversary of Bangabandhu and National Mourning Day, observed on August 15.

"The  big instance of Bangabandhu's respect to rule of law is that he gifted a constitution to Bangladesh in 10 months, and under that  constitution, an independent judiciary was established and a  national election was held in the recently-independent country in  1972," he said.

Bangabandhu had ensured the legitimacy of rights of people of Bangladesh through lawful way, he said.   

  The minister,  who is also the principal state counsel in Bangabandhu  murder case, said the trial proceedings of the case filed  over assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have been completed following  all due procedures of law at the trial court, where statements of 61 witnesses were recorded.

The offenders  have been convicted and sentenced to death on legal documents, evidence  and statements of witnesses, he said, adding that the trial of  Bangabandhu murder case was held like that of a murder of any common man.