Eight-murder case in Chittagong 4 Shibir activists to die, 3 get life
term
Four Islami Chhatra Shibir activists were yesterday sentenced to
death and three to life-term imprisonment in the sensational
Bohaddarhat eight-murder case in the port city.
The condemned convicts are M Azam, Sazzad Khan, Alamgir Kabir alias
Baitta Kabir and M Solaiman. They were also fined Tk 50,000 each. The
lifers are Enamul Haque, Abdul Qaiyum and Habib Khan. They are also
to pay Tk 50,000 each in fines or serve one year more in jail. After
examining 42 witnesses in the case of deadly gun attack on Chhatra
League activists, the court of 2nd Additional Metropolitan Sessions
Judge Ekramul Haq pronounced the verdict today, acquitting 13 other
leaders and activists of the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.
The acquitted ones are Mesbaul Kabir, the then President of Shibir
city unit, Secretary Saiful Islam, Vice-President Azizur Rahman,
Organising Secretary Miah M Toufiq, M Ilias, Abdul Hakim, Abdul
Hamid, Bazle Ahmed, Bayezedur Rahman, BDR Selim, joint Secretary
Rezaur Rahman Mufti, Iqbal Hossain and Nesar Ahmed. Only three of
them-Ilias, M Azam and Alamgir Kabir-were in the dock during the
verdict.
According to the prosecution, gunmen halted a microbus and a CNG-run
auto-rickshaw carrying Bangladesh Chhatra League activists at
Bohaddarhat crossing and opened fire on them on July 12, 2000. The
shooting left all the eight in the two vehicles dead on the spot. Six
of them were activists of the BCL, the student wing of Awami League,
while two others drivers of the vehicles. The deceased were Jahangir
Alam, Hasibur Rahman Helal, Rafiqul Islam Sohel, Azizul Islam, Abul
Kashem, Jahangir Hossain and CNG and microbus drivers Zahid and Monu
Miah.
BCL leader Anwar Hossain, who is now serving 10 years in jail in an
arms case, had filed a case in this connection.
Five of the accused persons were arrested soon after the killing, but
later Enamul and Solaiman were released on bail and went into hiding.
ASP of Chandgaon thana Kader Khan submitted charge sheet against a
total of 22 persons. Of the charge-sheeted accused, one was killed in
crossfire while another in a clash.
After hearing the verdict, M Azam and Alamgir expressed their
dissatisfaction and said that they would go to the High Court "for
justice".
Source: http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/03/28/news0671.htm
The following source also reveals how some of the Shibir murderers
got away:
http://prothom-alo.com/archive/print.php?t=h&nid=MTUwMTM=
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