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Vol. 5 Num 1086 Thu. June 21, 2007  
   
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Mohiuddin shown held in 4 cases


Police yesterday submitted petitions for showing convict AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed arrested in four cases including the Bangabandhu murder case.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Mojibur Rahman of Rangabali Police Station of Patuakhali yesterday sent arrest warrants, issued earlier on different dates, of four cases filed with different police stations in the capital to the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM), Dhaka.

The arrest warrants are of the Bangabandhu murder case, jail killing case, Abdur Rob Serniabat murder case and Mohammadpur 14-murder case.

In the petitions placed before the CMM court, Mojibur also prayed for showing Mohiuddin arrested in those cases saying that the convict had been absconding abroad for long.

He said following the news of his arrival in Bangladesh, the arrest warrants pending with Rangabali Police Station were sent to the CMM court, Dhaka.

Moreover, Mohiuddin should be shown arrested in those cases, Mojibur added.

On receiving the petitions, the CMM court yesterday sent the petitions to concerned courts for taking next steps.

Mohiuddin was sent back to the country on Monday from the United States after he lost a legal battle for asylum there. Upon arrival, he was sent to condemned cell at Dhaka Central Jail.

A trial court on November 8, 1998 sentenced him to death along with 14 other former and dismissed army men for killing Bangabandhu and 26 others. The High Court on April 30, 2001 upheld the punishment of 12.