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Manzur murder case

Gen Latifs fresh bail prayer rejected

From Staff Correspondent
CHITTAGONG. May 3: The District and Sessions Judge. Chittagong, today rejected a fresh prayer for ball made by Gen Abdul Latif, a co accused in the Manzur murder case
After hearing the mi see Ila neous cause appeal for over an hour Judge Iftekhar Rasul observed: I am not inclined io enlarge the accused petitioner on ball at this stage of invest! gallon of the case So his prayer for ball is rejected
The judge also said that the
accused petitioner wa* an influential nun and hi* retirement from service had not lessened hi* influence
During hearing. Gen Latifs lawyer Abul Kalarn prayed for bail on social and humanitarian grounds
He said that Latif was sick and his social image had suffered followtng hi* arrest In connection with the present case
The lawyer argued that
there would be no scope for Lattf to tamper with the evidence or investigation.of the case.
Assistant Commissioner Baktlar Hossain Bhuiyan, who represented the prosecution, argued that Latifs Involvement in the murder of Manzur was revealed In his voluntary con-fessiopal statement, recorded earlier by a magistrate in Dhaka
Besides, sufficient evidence has already been gathered and more would soon be unearthed about Latifs involvement in the murder of General Abul Man zur tn 1981. the AC (prosecution) said.
He also said that even the dead body of Manzur Was not handed over to his relatives in a bid to suppress the incident.
Public prosecutor Abu Saleh argued that at this stage of investigations. It was not fit to consider any bail for the ac-cusdd.
The hearing of the ball prayers tor Latifs i-o-accused —
Major Emdad and Col Shamsur Rahman — wa* deferred till May 21 following a petition submitted by their lawyers who said they could not yet meet their clients to collect adequate information for moving the bail petitions.
Meanwhile, the Sessions Judge barred pressmen from recording the proceedings of the court on their cassette recorders and ordered the seizure of two micro cassette recorders. But those were released after the day's hearing.