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Killing of defence officials in 1977 by Ziaur Rahman


Published : 02 Oct 2019 09:10 PM | Updated : 04 Sep 2020 10:16 AM

Former defence officials on Wednesday sent a request to the government to form a judiciary probe committee to investigate the brutal killing of defence officials by the former military ruler Ziaur Rahman. Under the banner of Shatattorer Sharjantrer Shikar Amra (We are victims of the conspiracy of ‘77), an organisation formed to protest former military ruler Ziaur Rahman’s conspiracy to kill hundreds of army officials, they also formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club.

They termed general Zia as a ‘cold-blooded killer’ saying as part of implementing his (Zia) blue print this killer (Zia) killed hundreds of talented and promising officers of army, navy and air force. Besides, the former defence officials said Ziaur Rahman also sent a large number of defence officials to jail and expelled several hundred of them using his illegal military power in 1977.

They said Zia hanged over 1400 innocent army, navy and air force officers inside various cantonments. He also tortured many officers mercilessly. He expelled a large number of them from their jobs and imprisoned them on different terms illegally in the name of Court Marshal. Zia also made the killed officers’ body disappear so that their families failed to see them and arrange for their funerals.

Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, AKM Bahauddin Bahar, MP, Former State Minister Tarana Halim, Former MP Mehjabin Khaled, Bangladesh Open University Teachers Association General Secretary Arifa Rahman Ruma, Online Activist Forum President Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy, former Corporal Nurul Islam, Munir Sharif, illegally hanged Flight Sergeant Abdur Rashid’s wife Shahnaz Begum, illegally expelled Sergeant Ali Ahmed’s wife Rawshan Ara Begum, along with other victims of the regime took part in the human chain.