Shah AMS Kibria’s 17th death anniversary in tomorrow

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Jan-26,

The 17th death anniversary of Shah AMS Kibria, a former finance minister and senior Awami League leader, will be observed on Thursday tomorrow.

Different socio-political organisations have chalked out various programmes, including placing wreaths at his grave, offering fateha there and arranging doa mahfil, to observe the day with due respect.

On behalf of Kibria’s family, a doa mahfil will be held on the grave premises of Kibria at Banani Graveyard at tomorrow 11 am.

The family will also arrange a human chain programme at the graveyard demanding proper trial in Kibria murder case.

On January 27, 2005, Kibria and four others were killed in a grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Baidderbazar area of Habiganj.

Two cases — one for murder and another under the Explosive Substances Act — were filed on the night of the incident.

In September 2015, the trial of the murder case began ten years after the attack.

A total of 32 people, including former State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar, were indicted in the murder case in 2015.

Although 17 years have passed since the heinous killing, no significant progress has been made in the investigation of the two cases regarding the incident.

The investigation was delayed by 10 years. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police investigated the case thrice.  The depositions of 43 witnesses among 171 have been recorded while charges were framed on October 22, 2020 in the case filed under The Explosives Act.

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