Bangabandhu killing: HC issues rule on independent probe commission

Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to form an inquiry commission to reveal the names and entities of those responsible
for the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.
In the rule, the court also asked the respondents to show cause as to why their inaction to form the commission should not be declared illegal.
Secretaries at the ministries of Law, Finance and Home Affairs and the Cabinet Division have been made respondents to the rule.
The HC Bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Mohammad Ali issued the rule following a writ petition filed by Supreme Court Lawyer Subir Nandi Das seeking necessary directives on this issue.
Barrister Abdul Alim Miah Jewel represented the petitioner in court. The writ petition seeks the court’s directions to form a committee to identify the people or institutions involved in the brutal killing of Bangabandhu on Aug 15, 1975.
The case over Bangabandhu’s killing was filed 21 years after the incident. Consequently, many of those involved in his assassination could not be named in the case as they had died by then, Barrister Jewel said after the hearing.
“Again, many people who were not directly involved in the murder were a part of the conspiracy [to kill Bangabandhu] and later benefited from the murder. But they were not identified. Highlighting these issues, we have asked for guidance to form an independent commission of inquiry at the hearing,” added the lawyer.