July
6, 2000
Chittagong,
July 5 (UNB) – Police fired some 33 shots at the opposition meeting
at Laldighi Maidan here on January 24, 1988.
CMP
Armory OC Mohammad Ful Miah disclosed this while making his deposition
during the hearing of the Chittagong Mass Killing case at the
Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court today.
He
informed the court that constable Prodip Borua fired 10 shots while
constables Mustafizur Rahman, Momtaz Ali, Abdullah and Basiruddin 5
each and Abdus Salam 3 while the rest of the bullets they had taken on
the day were deposited in the arms depot.
Ex-constable
Abhijit Chakma, another witness of the case, said they fired shots at
the meeting at the instruction of patrol officer JC Mondol following
an order from the then Police Commissioner, Mirza Rafiqul Huda.
The
hearing in the case resumed Tuesday after a 25-day break. The court
recorded the depositions of nine people till today.
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