Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 437 Thu. August 18, 2005       Letters to Editor Presidential amnesty for a murderer Faysal Sher-e-Bangla Hall, BUET In my very first year in the BUET I witnessed a gunfight in the campus between two terrorists groups of my university and the neighbouring Dhaka University, the so-called students. The gunfight was for the possession of a tender. The two leaders of that gunfight were Muki of BUET and Tagar of DU. That gunfight in the campus costs the life of Sabekun Nahar Sony. After that killing, Tagar was arrested in Dhaka but Muki has not been arrested yet. We hear that immediately after the death of Sony, Muki managed to get the shelter of one of the most influential political leaders and was eventually sent abroad. After more than three years of the murder, we notice with the utmost astonishment that the verdict of that case has not been executed. If it is possible for a convict to be granted presidential amnesty with the help of the bigwigs of the ruling party after twenty-two years, it is quite possible that Muki will too be spared the noose. Jintu, a JCD leader was convicted of double murder and Muki, another JCD leader is accused of only one murder-so it is easier for him to escape the gallows. After reading the news of the Presidential amnesty for a murderer I am haunted by this thought all the time.