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Govt to bring back fugitive killers of Bangabandhu

Law Minister Anisul Huq tells The Daily Star

Ashutosh Sarkar
Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said that after learning about the latest progress, he would take necessary steps to bring the fugitive killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back to the country so that they face the further process of trial.
He said this while talking to The Daily Star at the law ministry following his takeover. Anisul was the principal counsel for the state in the cases of killings of Bangabandhu and four national leaders in 1975, and the Pilkhana carnage in February 2009.
"I joined the office for the first time today. I don't know what measures the last government took to bring back the fugitive killers of Bangabandhu. I'll use my experiences to get the Supreme Court verdict executed after knowing about this."
Six convicted killers of Bangabandhu and most of his family members are now absconding. They are Khandaker Abdur Rashid, Shariful Haque Dalim, Nur Chowdhury, Rashed Chowdhury, Abdul Mazed and Moslehuddin Khan. Two of them are now in the United States and Canada, while whereabouts of the remaining four are not known. The law minister emphasised full execution of the SC verdict saying, "It will be illegal if the apex court verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case is not executed."
In 2009, the SC upheld the death penalty for 12 killers, including the absconding six.
Five of the convicts--Syed Farooq Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Mohiuddin Ahmed-were hanged on January 27, 2010, while a sixth convict, Aziz Pasha, died in Zimbabwe in 2001.
The Bangabandhu murder trial commenced in Dhaka in 1997, 22 years after disgruntled army men mowed down him and most of his family members on August 15, 1975.
Earlier yesterday, the law minister told reporters that the present government would continue the ongoing trial of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation Warin 1971.
The last government started the war crimes trial and completed a large part of it, Anisul said, adding that the government also completed the trials of killings of Bangabandhu, four national leaders inside Dhaka central jail, and the Pilkhana carnage.
The last government did nothing to influence the judiciary, and this government would follow suit, Anisul said. He hoped that the government would establish a secretariat for the judiciary in the next few years.
"The government will establish the rule of law at any cost. Although it is a challenging task, it is committed to doing so," he added.