Liakat Murder Case

All 10 accused acquitted

Staff Correspondent, Ctg
Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal here yesterday acquitted all ten accused including an Islami Chhatra Shibir cadre in a case filed for murdering Awami League (AL) leader Liakat Ali Khan. Special Public Prosecutor Ayub Khan said Liakat, the then local ward commissioner, was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in front of his residence at Chalitatali under Panchlaish Police Station on June 2, 1999. He said Judge Rabiul Hasan acquitted them, as their involvement could not be proven. Those acquitted are Shibir cadre Md Sajjad Ali alias Sajjad Khan, Md Ismail, Abdul Halim Kalu, Mona alias Monaiya, Liakat Ali Jashim, Munna, Kamal Uddin, Md Shahjahan, Md Nurul Absar and Tamanna Begum.