Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 605 Thu. February 09, 2006  
   
National


Journo Haroon Murder
Retrial demanded


Minu Begum, wife of slain journalist Harun-ar-Rashid, has demanded reinvestigation and retrial of the murder of her husband.

She is feeling insecure with her son Iqbal chowdhury Shagor, 14 and daughter Shailatuzzaman, 18, after hearing the verdict of the murder case in which the three chargesheeted 'terrorists' have been acquitted.

"Terrorist Moktar Hossain Baby, acquitted in the case, had threatened several times to kill my son for not withdrawing the case. But I did not submit to his threat", said Minu Begum who has sought security of her son and daughter, fearing reprisal by the acquitted terrorists.

"Moktar Hossain Baby was the man who fired shots at Haroon while others gave security cover to the killer", she claimed while talking to The Daily Star yesterday.

Minu Begum accused CID police of damaging merit of the case after receiving a huge amount of bribe from masterminds behind the murder. An ASP of CID damaged the merit of the case by week investigation, Minu Begum alleged.

She alleged that ASP Mawla Bux Submitted a weak chargesheet without including evidences he had collected during investigation.

"I gave a lot of clues for investigation but the IO did not investigate the case following the clues", she said.

There are sufficient reasons to demand reinvestigation of Haroon murder case, prominent lawyer Enayet Ali told this correspondent.