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Assassination part of nat'l, int'l plot

Staff Correspondent
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated as part of conspiracy at national and international levels, barrister Abdullah-al Mamun, counsel for two of the five convicts in Bangabandhu murder case, told the Supreme Court yesterday.
It's irrational that only a few people would dare to assassinate father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he said while placing arguments during ninth day's hearing on appeals of the five convicts challenging their convictions and death sentences.
He said it's unimaginable that anyone would enter Bangabandhu's residence to kill him without wearing a mask to conceal identity. Even, the law enforcers wore masks while arresting top politicians after the 1/11 changeover in 2007. If the killers had put on masks, they could not be recognised or identified, said the lawyer, pointing out some contradictions in the statements of the witnesses in the case.
Mamun, counsel for convicts Bazlul Huda and AKM Mohiuddin, placed arguments on behalf of only the former before the apex court.
He also claimed that his clients were innocent and had not been involved in the August 15 incident in 1975.
Mohitul Islam, informant and prosecution witness no-1 in the case, has stated that the accused had put on Khaki dress during the killings on August 15,1975.
But the then deputy superintendent of police Nurul Islam, prosecution witness no-50, stated that the accused covered their faces with black clothes, he said.
He argued that the trial court did not consider this matter while delivering judgement. Even the two High Court judges in their verdicts also overlooked it, he said.
"This is a miscarriage of justice", the lawyer said.
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ered this contradiction between the statements of Mohitul and Nurul Islam, the outcome of the case would be different, he said.
Mamun said his client Bazlul was tried in absentia and the lawyers, appointed by the state on behalf of him, were changed three times during the trial. So the argu-
ments were not properly placed in his favour before the trial court, the counsel claimed.
At the beginning of yesterday's hearing, the court again directed Mamun to comment cautiously before the media about this case.
The lawyer on Wednesday told journalists that the court did not allow him to read out the full verdict delivered by the then HC judge Mohammad Fazlul Karim in this case.
The five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice MdTafazzul Islam made clear yesterday that it did not prevent Mamun from reading the full judgement. '
The court adjourned the hearing till 9:30am Sunday.
Five convicts -- dismissed army personnel Syed Faruque Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, AKM Mohiuddin, and Bazlul Huda -- who are in prison now, filed the appeals with the SC in October 2007.