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Cannon Fire on Aug 15, 1975

Trial of 14 killings in Mohammadpur stalled

Chaitanya Chandra Halder
The trial of the Mohammadpur 14-Murder Case has been stalled for years due to the reluctance of the law and the home ministries in giving necessary approvals.
These 14 people in Mohammadpur were killed in a cannon fire on the night of August 15, 1975 when founding father of the country Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated along with most of his family members in a bloody military putsch.
A cannon shell fired by military personnel taking part in the putsch on the night fell on two houses in Mohammadpur, killing the 14.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court sent letters to the ministries on February 14 last year, seeking their approvals to resume the trial at the special court adjacent to Dhaka Central Jail. But the ministries did not yet respond.
The Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge in his letters said four of the accused in the Mohammadpur 14-murder case, who are also convicted in the Bangabandhu Murder Case, cannot be produced before his court on security grounds.
The four accused -- Lt Col Syed Farook Rahman, Lt Col Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Lt Col Muhiuddin Ahmed and Major Bazlul Huda -- are now in the Dhaka Central Jail.
The judge sought approval from the two ministries for holding the case's trial at the special court adjacent to the Dhaka Central Jail. Trials of the Bangabandhu Murder Case and the Jail Killing Case were held at this court.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Momin Ullah fixed September 24 for getting approval of the ministries.
On the fateful night 30 years ago, the army personnel who took part in the Bangabandhu killing operation also killed Habibur Rahman, Anwara Begum-1, Anwara Begum-2, Moyful Bibi, Sabera Begum, Abdullah, Rafiqul, Safia Khatun, Shahabuddin, Kasheda, Aminuddin, Honufa Bibi, Rezia Begum and her daughter Nasima in Mohammadpur.
On November 29, 1996, Mohammad Ali, a resident of Sher Shah Suri Road who was injured in the attack, filed the case with Mohammadpur Police Station accusing Lt Col Syed Farook Rahman, Lt Col Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major Bazlul Huda, Lt Col Khondader Abdur Rashid, Lt Col Shariful Haq Dalim, Lt Col SHMB Noor Chowdhury, Maj AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lt Col Abdul Aziz Pasha, Capt Abdul Majed, Capt Mohammad Kismat Hasem and Lt Col MA Rashed Chowdhury.
The Criminal Investigation Department on April 30, 2001 pressed charges against 18 people. Of them, Lt Col Farook and three others were detained.
The absconding accused are Resalder Moslehuddin, Lt Col Khondader Abdur Rashid, Lt Col Shariful Haq Dalim, Lt Col SHMB Noor Chowdhury, Maj AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Lt Col AM Rashed Chowdhury, Maj Ahmed Shariful Hossain, Lt Col Abdul Aziz Pasha, Capt Abdul Majed, Capt Mohammad Kismat Hasem, Capt Nazmul Hossain, Dafadar Marfat Ali Shah and Dafadar Mohammad Abdul Hashem Mridha. Of them, Aziz Pasha died in Zimbabwe in 2002.
Former minister Taher Uddin Thakur, the lone civilian accused in the case, is now on bail.