Jail Killing Day
Govt to bring killers to trial
Says home minister
Leaders of the ruling Awami League place wreaths at the graves of three slain national leaders, Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad and Captain Mansur Ali, at Banani graveyard in the capital yesterday marking Jail Killing Day.Photo: STAR
Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir yesterday said the government would collect all the evidence related to the killing of the four national leaders and bring to trial the main perpetrators and those working behind the scenes. He was talking to journalists at the very spot in Dhaka Central Jail where the leaders -- Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain Mansur Ali and AHM Quamruzzaman -- were killed on November 3, 1975. Mohiuddin, former home minister Shahara Khatun, Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddique, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku and Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique went to the jail to pay respect to the leaders marking Jail Killing Day. The family members of the leaders were also present. The nation's demand for the completion of the jail killing case had not been fulfilled and the government was working to this end, said Mohiuddin, adding that the trial process was still at its initial stage and the law would take its own course. Matia said attaining justice and implementing the verdict was the present government's major responsibility. “We will lawfully try those who wilfully hid the evidence.” Syed Nazrul Islam's son Major Gen (retd) Syed Shafayetul Islam demanded restoration of the lower court's verdict in the case. The visitors garlanded a bust of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman inside the jail, went round Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and prayed for salvation of the departed souls of the four leaders. Meanwhile, ruling Awami League leaders at a discussion urged the people of the country to raise the demand for the trial of the killers and to remain alert to foil conspiracies of anti-liberation forces. Bangladesh Awami League (AL) organised the discussion at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre marking the day. Tajuddin's daughter Simeen Hussain Rimi also spoke on the occasion. Gonoforum also held a discussion at its office in Dhaka marking the day.
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