Prime accused Shibir man acquitted
After 21 years into the murder of Chittagong Polytechnic Institute's student leader Jamir Uddin, a special tribunal delivered the verdict yesterday, acquitting all 13 accused including Nasir Uddin alias Shibir Nasir, locally known as an Islami Chhatra Shibir goon.
The charges were not proved, said Public Prosecutor Ayub Khan, citing it as a case of "Justice delayed is justice denied".
He said that out of the 21 witnesses, only nine testified including four cops and deposition of only one -- the complainant -- went in favour of the prosecution.
Ayub Khan said some witnesses died, some went abroad for treatment, and some lost physical mobility.
Fifteen Shibir activists were indicted in August 2000, but the High Court stayed the trial in 2003 when the defence challenged the legality of the trial at a special tribunal. Proceedings resumed in April 2014, said the prosecutor.
Two accused died in "gunfight" with law enforcers.
On November 20, 1994, armed men shot dead Jamir Uddin, the institute student council's general secretary, on the campus, said court sources.
Jamir's brother Md Aziz Uddin, who had filed the murder case, said the family did not get justice.
Shibir Nasir is accused in 36 cases over killings and arms dealing.
Judge Reza Tareque Ahmed of Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal pronounced the verdict.
Five accused were present at the dock while eight were on bail.
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