A Dhaka court has set February 10 for delivering the verdict in the sensational case of Major General Monzoor’s custodial murder in 1981.
Dhaka First Additional District and Sessions Judge Hosne Ara Akhtar set the date on Wednesday after the final hearing in a special court set up beside the Dhaka Central Jail.
The prime accused in the case, Jatiya Party Chairman and prime minister's special envoy HM Ershad, attended the trial proceedings in the morning.
All the other accused in the case were also present when the state completed its final argument.
Maj Gen Monzoor was killed during a transfer from police custody to Chittagong Cantonment on June 1, 1981 after the killing of former president Ziaur Rahman, the case statement says.
The victim’s sibling Abul Mansur Ahmed filed a case in connection with the murder with Panchlaish police in Chittagong on February 28, 1995 – after 14 years of the incident.
