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Arrest Made in Humayun Azad Murder Case: The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Police has arrested a fugitive death-row convict in a case filed over the killing of Prof Humayun Azad 20 years ago
Although the brutal attack on writer Humayun Azad was an act of extremist militancy, soon after the incident police tried to frame the political opponents of the then BNP-Jamaat coalition government in the case.
Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) supremo Shaikh Abdur Rahman had directed his younger brother and the outfit’s military commander Ataur Rahman Sunny to kill Prof Humayun Azad for writing the book “Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad”.
Mizanur Rahman alias Minhaz, who was sentenced to death over the killing of Prof Humayun Azad, lashed out at the journalists soon after the judge announced the verdict.
A Dhaka court today sentenced four members of banned Jama'atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case filed over the killing of Prof Humayun Azad in February 2004.