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Slain journo's family lives in fear of attacks

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, Khulna
Slain journalist Hurun-ur-Rashid Khokon's wife, Minu Begum, has been living with a perpetual sense of insecurity since her return to Khulna from Dhaka, where she attended a convention against repression on journalists organised by the Bangladesh Federation of Union of Journalists (BFUJ).
"I told the truth that CID submitted a weak charge sheet which neither contains the names of the real killers of my husband nor contains the names of the masterminds behind the plan for murder", said
Minu, who was never provided with security, as was done in the cases of families of other slain journalists, Manik Shaha and Humayun Kabir Balu.
"Hardened criminal Tera Aslam threatened to kill my husband on the night before the murder. His name has been left out of the charge sheet", she said.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted the charge sheet accusing Baby, Shahin, Kalam Amzad and Kamal. Kalam Amjad and Kamal were later killed in "crossfire" incidents early this year. Baby is now out on bail,
and Shahin is in Khulna jail.
The investigation officer of the case ASP Mowla Bux of CID never intended to investigate the case properly nor did he arrange judicial confession of the arrestees, Minu alleged. She accused both the police and CID of damaging the merit of the case by introducing fake prosecution witnesses.
Harun-ur-Rashid was shot dead in the evening of March 2,2002. He was a crime reporter for the Dainik Purabanchal, a Bangla daily published from Khulna city.
Minu Begum now maintains her
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family including her only son Iqbal chowdhury Shagar and two daughters Lalla Jaharun and Shailatuz Jaharun with the regular financial assistance that she receives from the leader of the opposition in parliament Sheikh Hasina and from the management of the Dainik Purbanchal.
"I have a lot of sorrows and allegations to talk about. But I cannot speak without fear about how the police have done injustice in dealing with the murder case under political influences and also for monetary gain. Because, the killers of my husband and their masterminds threatened to kill me and my son time and again if I don't stop talking about the case", Minu said in a choked voice.