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PW-32 tells court

Officers bluffed troops into backing killing
An army sepoy posted only 300 yards of the Dhaka Cantonment main gate during the August 15 carnage recounted how officers bluffed the troops Into backing the killing of Bangabandhu in the name of night parade, reports UNB.
Hearing about the killing of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman "we realised that the officers bluffed us." said A K M Sajedul Haq. who later retired as Havllder. making his deposition as 32nd prosecution witness in the Bangabandhu mur-
Earlier. PW-31 Mostafizur Rahman said in his deposition that his father Siddiqur Rahman, while on duty at Banga-bandhu's residence as an ASI of Special Branch, was also killed in the unruly army officers'
murderous swoop on the Bangabandhu house.
Sajedul said he heard firing from southwesterly direction of his point where he was posted to stop any civil vehicle or person. "Later in the morning, I came to know that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and others have been killed." he told the trial court.
The witness named eight army officers as killers of Bangabandhu of whom, he said. Major Dalim used to come to his Commanding Officer Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid. He also identified one of them. Lt Col (LPR) Muhiuddin. in the dock.
Sajedul said the 3rd gate of the Cantonment that is guarded by military police was visible
from his duty post in front of Tejgaon Airport. "We were also seen from them, but none came from there to ask as to why we were there in armed position."
The witness said no discipline had been there in his 2 Field Artillery since 11 pm on August 14 when they went to New Airport for a night parade. "Distribution of ammunition without any document among the troops indicated a breakdown in discipline."
Replying to a defence counsel. Havilder (retd) Sajedul Haq also said he saw artillery guns (cannons), tanks and army vehicles passing the area where he was posted. But he didn't see any civilian or civil person.
Earlier, cross-examination of RW-30 ASP Abdur Rahman by the defence lawyers was completed when the court of Dhaka District and Sessions Judge Kazi Golam Rasul sat at its special eJiash at Nazimud-din Road in the morning.
The PWs were Introduced before the court by Special PP Ramjan All Khan. Among the other prosecution lawyers present were Chief Special PP Ser-aiul Haq, Mosharraf Hossain Kajal, Sahara Khatun, Kamrul Islam and M Towhidul Islam Bahar.
The court resumes at 9:30 am tomorrow (Tuesday).
Making his deposition, the 29-year-old PW-31 Mostafizur Rahman told the court that he. hailing from village Jhumur of Buricnang thana in Comilla district, now resides at Block G. Avenue 2 of Mirpur.
"My father M Siddiqur Rahman was an ASI of Special Branch of police and on duty at Dhanmondi 32 residence of the then President Bangabandhu Sheikh Muiibur Rahman," he said.
The witness said a section of wayward army officers attacked and killed Bangabandhu. his family members and kins.
"And they also shot dead my father at that house," in an emotion-chocked voice said
Mostafiz who was only seven years old at that time and later lost his mother on September 10. 1992.
He said: "My mother, younger brother Mahfuzur Rahman and I were informed and saw the body of my father during the Janaza at Rajarbagh police line.”
"Later the body was taken to our Mirpur house under the supervision of police and buried at Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard at Mirpur Section 1." he said.
During his cross-examination by advocate Abdur Razzaq Khan. Mostafiz told the court that he didn't file any case as the environment was not favourable and he was a minor.
"I don't know if there was any investigation into the death of my father." he replied to another question.
The PW-32, Havilder (retd) A K M Sajedul Haq, was a sepoy of Headquarters Battery of 2 Field Artillery during the assassination of Bangabandhu.
Beginning his deposition the witness told the court that Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid was Commanding Officer of the regiment.
There were four batteries in Artillery and Major Muhiuddin was Commander of Papa Battery while Captain Mostafa of Headquarters Battery.
The witness said they fell in the evening on August 14 for a night parade. CO Major Rashid. Major Muhiuddin, Major Joba-yer Siddiqui. Captain Mostafa and Lt Hasan were also present.
"We in a road march reached New Airport for the night parade at about 10 pm." Sajedul said, adding that Lt Hasan accompanied them.
He said Havilder Major Mozaffar again called for a fallin at about 3 to 3:30 am August 15. The PW saw Major Rashid. Major Jobayer Siddiqui, Captain Mostafa, Captain Jahangir and Lt Hasan there.
"At that time I also witnessed Major Dallm who was known to me earlier. He used to come to
Commanding Officer Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid." he said.
The PW said Havilder Major Mozaffar divided them in three to four groups and boarded them on trucks at the order of CO Major Rashid.
"Before that, armoury NCO Naik Shamsul Islam gave us ammunition." the then Artillery sepoy said, adding he was carrying an SLR and took 10 bullets.
He said their truck started before the ajan of Fazr prayer and Lt Hasan asked three to four of them to get down in front of Tejgaon Airport.
"After we had got down. Lt Hasan posted us there on duty asking not to allow movement of any civil transport or person on road," the witness recalled and said later Hasan left the point.
After some time, he said, they heard Fazr a/an and firing shortly afterwards from southwesterly direction. "But I could not guess from where and why the firing was going on."
He said: "At aoout 6 to 6:30 am we came to know from the army personnel going to cantonment that our people had killed President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
We were withdrawn in the afternoon, and after returning to unit. I came to know that Major Dalim announced on radio that Bangabandhu had been killed and Khandaker Mush taque became President." said the witness.
The retired havilder said: Then we realised how officers bluffed the troops out into backing the killing of Bangabandhu in the name of night parade.
"Later. I also came to know that Major Farooq, Major Rashid, Major Dallm. Major Noor. Major Aziz Pasha. Capt Bazlul Huda. Major Muhiuddin (Artillery) and Major Rashed Chowdhury had committed the killings." he told the court con ' eluding his deposition.