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Verdict on jail killing tomorrow

Court Correspondent
Judgement in the sensational Jail Killing Case will be pronounced tomorrow.
Judge Mohammad Motiur Rahman of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, Dhaka, will deliver the judgement at 10:30am, court sources said. The court has been set up adjacent to the Dhaka Central Jail.
Earlier on August 21, the prosecution and the defence wrapped up the arguments and the court recorded statements of 64 out of 75 prosecution witnesses. The trial of the case took 278 workdays to complete.
In the case filed with Lalbagh Police Station, it was alleged that an army officer in khaki uniform came to the Dhaka Central Jail gate at about 4:00am on November 3,1975. Accompanied by four other army personnel also in khaki fatigues, he identified himself as Captain Moslehuddin and claimed to be attached to Bangabhaban. Equipped with stenguns and SLRs, the five entered the jail and killed the four prisoners Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, M Mansur Ali and AHM Quamruzzaman.
Kazi Abdul Awal, former deputy inspector general (prisons), filed the case the next day.
But the Indemnity Ordinance of 1975 blocked the case until Awami League, forming government after 21 years, repealed the infamous law in November 1996.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) opened investigation into the case on August 18, 1996.
Investigation Officer Abdul Kahar Akand pressed charges against 21 people including KM Obaidur Rahman on October 15,1998.
The names of former president Khandaker Mushtaque Ahmed and former secretary Mahbubul Alam Chashi were deleted from the charge sheet as they died during the probe.
The court framed charges against Obaidur and 20 others on October 12, 2000 and the trial
began on April 12, 2001 with the deposition of complainant Awal.
Of the accused, Obaidur, Nurul Islam Manzoor, Shah Moazzem Hossain, Taheruddin Thakur and retired army major Khairuzzaman were released on bail soon after the present four-party alliance came to power in October 2001.
Lieutenant Colonel (dismissed) Syed Faruk Rahman, Lt Col (retired) Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan and Major (retired) Bazlul Huda, however, are now behind bars. Resalder (retired) Moslehuddin, Lt Col (dismissed) Khondaker Abdur Rashid, Lt Col (relieved) Shariful Haq Dalim, Lt Col (retired) SHMB Noor Chowdhury, Major (retired) AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lt Col (retired) AM Rashed Chowdhury are on the run.
Besides, Major (relieved) Ahmed Shariful Hossain, Lt Col (relieved) Abdul Aziz Pasha believed to be dead, Capt (Retd) Abdul Majed, Capt (relieved) Mohammad Kismat Hasem, Capt (relieved) Nazmul Hossain, Dafadar (dismissed) Marfat Ali Shah and Dafadar (dismissed) Mohammad Abdul Hasem have been evading capture since AL assumed power in 1996.