Panchagarh Triple Murder
Court acquits all the accused for want of witnesses
A Panchagarh court acquitted all the accused in a sensational triple murder case on Sunday after 18 years of the gruesome incident.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Kazi AKM Joynal Abedin pronounced the verdict in a crowded courtroom in the afternoon. He acquitted the accused as the murder charge brought against them could not be proved for want of witnesses.
According to the prosecution, former chairman of Marea union parishad in Boda upazila Insan Ali, his brother-in-law Omar Ali and grandson Abdus Sattar were murdered on 30 May in 1993 at Nazirganj Sal tree orchard adjacent to Indian enclave Salbari. Chairman Insan Ali went there as the then tohoshildar (land office staff) of Marea union called him to visit the Sal orchard from where some trees were stolen.
All of a sudden, a group of people allegedly led by local Awami League leader and former Marea union parishad chairman Waliul Islam alias Montu Chairman attacked them and killed Insan Ali on the spot. Two other persons--Sattar and Omar Ali--were brought to enclave area alive and then killed. After the killing, the accused buried the three bodies in a jute field.
After three days of killing, villagers who went to the enclave recovered the body. They also set fire to several houses there.
Insan Ali's son and former chairman of the same UP Abdur Razzak filed a case with Boda police station the next day accusing 30 people including Waliul Islam Montu and others.
Investigating the case, two charge sheets were submitted separately on different times. Officer in-charge of Boda police station Mominul Islam submitted the final report of the case on 26 January 2008.
Of the 30 accused, Azizul Haque, Abu Yusuf Zaman Mukul, Anwarul Islam and Brozen Roy died during the investigation.
Contacted, victim's son Abdur Razzak said, "We are frustrated for being deprived of justice."
We will take decision on our next course of action on getting the certified copy of the judgement, he added.
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