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BDR Carnage

Jamaat leader Razzak to be questioned

He obtains anticipatory bail

Staff Correspondent
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has decided to interrogate top Jamaat-e-Islami leader barrister Abdur Razzaq in order to verify information that indicated his involvement' in the carnage at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters on February 25-26.
"We have found some information from various sources on his (Razzaq's) involvement in Pilkhana carnage and therefore, we need to question him to verify the information," Investigation Officer (IO) of the case Abdul Kahar Akond told The Daily Star last night. He however refused to say anything to substantiate the CID claim.
Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)
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Kahar asked Razzaq to appear with his passport at CID's Malibagh headquarters at 10:00am today for an exclusive grillingon the carnage.
Meanwhile, the Jamaat leader yesterday filed two separate petitions seeking bail in this case and challenging legitimacy of the notice soon after the CID summoned him.
The IIC yesterday granted him anticipatory bail until April 5 in connection with the case and directed the government not to harass or arrest him during this period.
But sources said the CID has a list of some more suspects, including politicians and even a former lawmaker. The investigators would summon them gradually, sources added.
Meanwhile, following Razzaq's petition, a vacation HC bench of Justice Shahidul Islam directed the government to consider him as a witness, not an accused, in the case during the interrogation, and to return his passport after examining it.
Advocate Tajul Islam, one of Razzaq's lawyers, told The Daily Star that Razzaq would show up at the CID office at 10:00am the today, as the HC did not stay the CID interrogation notice.
Razzaq stated in the bail petition that rumours about his involvement in the mutiny had been raised to harass him.
In his writ petition, he prayed for stay on the operation of the CID notice served on him.
During the hearing of the petitions, Razzaq's lawyer Ajmalul Hossain argued before the court that his client had no association with the Pilkhana camage.
The notice issued for interrogation was to serve political intentions to harass Razzaq. He, like all the other countrymen, is also concerned about the present situation of the country, he said.
He also said the person who has no involvement in any case should not be interrogated.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, who represented the state, told the court that Abdur Razzaq had been asked to appear at tire CID office in the interest of the Pilkhana Wiling case investigation and he should have no problem in facing the interrogation.
Earlier on March 19, immi-gration police of Zia International Airport (ZIA) filed a criminal case with the Airport Police Station against Abdur Razzaq and his wife Saleha Razzaq Siddiq on charges of obstructing the airport authorities to discharge their duties in the early hours that day.
Abdur Razzaq the same day filed a contempt petition with the HC against the government for preventing him from going to Malaysia and Singapore despite having an HC order allowing him to visit the countries.
The HC upon separate petitions then granted them bail and stayed the proceedings of the obstruction case against them.