Humayun Azad Murder Case
Charges framed against five JMB men
A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against five outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activists in Prof Humayun Azad murder case.
The court also fixed September 16 to start the trial and summoned the complainant on that day.
On February 27, 2004, JMB activists stabbed the 56-year-old linguist Azad while he was trying to catch a rickshaw to go home from the Ekushey Boi Mela at Bangla Academy in the capital, said the investigation officer of the case.
Azad of Dhaka University's Bangla department died from what an autopsy said was a heart attack in Munich on August 12, 2004.
Meanwhile, an attempted murder case was filed against several unknown people on the day of the attack. In March 2006, Rapid Action Battalion's the then intelligence wing chief disclosed JMB's link to the attack at a press briefing in the police headquarters.
The accused are Salehin alias Salahuddin, Hafiz Mahmud alias Hassan, Anwarul Alam alias Anwar, Mizanur Rahman alias Minhaz and Nur Mohammad. Nur is on the run while the remaining four are in jail.
The four pleaded not guilty before Judge AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan of Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court yesterday after the charges were read out.
The investigation officer, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Inspector Kazi Abdul Malek, submitted a charge sheet on November 15, 2007 accusing JMB leaders Anwarul, Mizanur and Nur.
On April 30, 2012, CID again pressed charges against the five and appealed for the case to be converted into a murder case.
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