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Bangabandhu Murder Case

Tanks rolled out on Aug 15 under Farook's instructions: PW-14

By Staff Correspondent
Four tanks rolled out of Dhaka cantonment at around 4.00 am on August 15. 1975, under instructions from Maj Syed Farookur Rahman, acting commanding officer of the First Bengal Lancer Unit, said the 14th prosecution witness in Bangabandhu murder case.
Dafadar (retd) Abdul Jabbar Mridha. PW-14. in his deposition before the Court of District and Sessions Judge, Dhaka, yesterday also said (hat he was a participant in the night exercise of August 14. 1975"and was among those Lancer soldiers who came to the Dhaka Radio Station in tanks.
Dafadar Mridha said, Maj Farook was the commanding officer of one of those four tanks, while Maj Ahmed Shariful Hossain. Capt Kismet
Hashim and Ll Nazmui Hossain Ansar were the commanding officers of the three other tanks
The night exercise of our unit began at Balughat at around 8:00 am on August 14, 1975 and continued till about 2:00 or 2:30 am On my return to the unit when I was putting off my uniform. I heard whistles for fall in.
"As we assembled at the parade ground. I saw Maj Farook. Maj Mohiuddin. Maj Ahmad Shariful Hossain. Lt Kismet and Lt Nazmu) Hossain Ansar. Some people in civilian dress were also present at the parade ground along with some officers of Second Field Artillery and their commanding officer Maj Khandaker A Rashid.
"Maj Farook said you have been called for an Important
task. Then he ordered us to fall in by rank. Introducing those people in civilian clothes, he said they are army men and will work with us. Ordering us to carryout their Instructions. Mal Farook also said any sort of disobedience or negligence to duty will not be tolerated
Of those introduced to us. I remember the names of Maj Dallm and Maj Shahriar." he said adding that he. however, did not remember the names of others.
•Maj Farook then ordered us to take preparation within half an hour to move out with tanks and also carry necessary arms and ammunition. I then rushed and collected a stengun for my self There were no shells in the tank as we moved out* he said During the day s proceedings yesterday that began at around 11.15 am. the lawyers of the accused in custody completed their cross examination of Shafiuddln Sarder. PW-13. Cross examination of Shafiuddln was completed before the lunch break.
The PW-14 made his deposi-tion in the court after the lunch break. He was being cross examined by the lawyers of the absconding accused when the pro-ceedings were adjourned at about 4.40 pm till 10.00 am today.
"I along with Dafadar Halim Tarafdar were in the tank under command of Maj Ahmed Shariful Hossain," the PW-14 said, adding The commanding officer ordered us to move straight to the Radio Station."
"As our tank reached the Radio Station, our commanding officer got down and told the Stekeeper, we are from army ...
not move ... and do not try to run away. The tanks came via Balughat, Old Railway Station. Mahakhali. Farmgate and then to the Radio Station. Lt Nazmul Hossain's tank took position at the Old Race Course Crossing.
"Maj Dalim came to the Radio Station at around 5.30 am In a gun-mounted army Jeep. He spoke to Ahmed Shariful Hossain and then entered the Radio Station. Within five to seven minutes, Maj Shahriar came there in another army jeep. Both of them left the place after about half an hour.
"Maj Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Maj Fa rook along with some troops also came there afterwards. I also saw
civilians visiting the Radio Station later Maj Ahmed Shariful Hossain was checking all those visiting the Radio Station.
”1 felt bad. when passersby told me about the Radio broadcast which announced, this is Maj Dalim speaking ... Sheikh Mujlb has been killed.
*The Chief of Army Staff arrived there some time after 8:00 am and Mal Dalim came immediately afterwards in a gunmounted jeep. Officers of various other corps also came later. I, however, remained posted giereUll^ about 2:00 pm on Au-
Khan Saifur Rahman, the lawyer of accused Farook, in continuation of his petition filed on Monday under section 526(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, filed another petition yesterday. His previous petition was rejected.
In the previous petition, the lawyer had prayed for adjournment of the hearing because newspaper reports said the Judge had met a diplomat who witnessed the hearing. The Judge denied the reports and re-
jected the petition.
The lawyer pleaded in his yesterdays petition that even if a corrigendum to the reports was published that did not remove Farook's apprehension of getting fair justice from the presiding Judge of the court.
He further contended that throughout the proceedings till this day, no order was written, read out and pronounced in the court and as a result, the sequence. mobility and immediacy’ of the orders by the court remain beyond the knowledge of the accused.
Farook's lawyer in his petition also questioned the unusual haste' in the proceedings of the case. He said that he was being compelled to participate in the proceedings by order of the court although rejection of his earlier prayer was patently illegal.'
The Judge read out the grounds on which he rejected Monday's petition. About the petition filed yesterday, the Judge said that he would dispose it of today, on completion of necessary formalities.
The Judge observed that the court could take necessary actions only when any violation was brought to its notice.