Commodore Rabbani murder: 2 convicts sent to jail on surrender

Two convicts of Commodore Ghulam Rabbani killing case were sent to jail on their surrender before a Chittagong court today.

Chittagong Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Muhithul Haque Enam Chowdhury passed the order after former general manager of Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) Abu Naser Chowdhury and one Md Selim surrendered before the court, Public Prosecutor Ayub Khan confirmed to The Daily Star.

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Rabbani, former KEPZ managing director and a former aide-de-camp of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was shot in the throat by criminals at Muradpur in Chittagong on his way to the KEPZ on April 11, 2004.

Thirteen days later, Rabbani, who also had been a vital prosecution witness in both the Bangabandhu murder and the jail killing cases, succumbed to his injuries at Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok.

Rabbani was killed following a conflict between him and a few of his colleagues at the KEPZ over his appointment as its MD, and termination of two employees of the KEPZ before and after his appointment.

The two convicts surrendered before the court today following the HC's October 5 order that had directed four accused--Abu Naser Chowdhury, its former chief security officer Humayun Kabir Chowdhury, Md Salim and Saiful Islam alias Bilai Saiful--of the killing case to surrender to the trial court in eight weeks.

Naser, Humayun and Salim have been sentenced to life term imprisonment and Saiful's acquittal has been cancelled by the HC on February 12, 2014 for killing Rabbani.