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‘Mayer Kanna’, a platform of families of the army and air force members who faced mass-execution in 1977, on Tuesday demanded relocating the grave of former military ruler Ziaur Rahman from the Jatiya Sangsad premises.
The organisation came up with this demand at a human chain held at Chandrima Udyan on the day.
They said if the grave of Ziaur Rahman is not removed from the Chandrima Udyan in Sangsad Bhaban area, they will take initiatives to remove it on their own.
They also demanded a posthumous trial of Ziaur Rahman for hanging army and air force members on October 2 in 1977.
In the name of suppressing a mutiny, about 1,500 members of the military forces were unjustly given various punishments including execution, they said.
Speaking on the occasion, former Appellate Division Judge AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik said, "Ziaur Rahman worked as a spy in Pakistan during the Liberation War."
Zia basically went to India as spy of Pakistan, he said, adding whenever there was an opportunity, Zia brutally killed the freedom fighters as per the direction of Pakistanis.
He (Zia) killed many people in the name of trial which was nothing but a farce, he added. Manik further said that no one has the right to do politics under the banner of the party that Zia formed.
Mentioning that there is no difference between Jamaat and BNP, he said these two parties are known as anti-liberation organizations. He demanded dissolving BNP.
Lawmaker Naheed Ezaher Khan, the daughter of Shaheed Colonel Khondkar Nazmul Huda who was killed in the 7 November 1975 coup d' tat, said "Zia brutally killed our father 47 years ago."
A murderer's body cannot remain in a holy area like the Sangsad Bhaban, she said.
