Kala Jahangir, others acquitted of attempted murder charges
Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court on Sunday acquitted top criminals 'Kala' Jahangir, 'Killer' Abbas and five others on charges of attempted murder as the government failed to produce witnesses against the accused. The judgement of the case had been deferred on six occasions. In his order, Metropolitan Magistrate Jagannath Das Khokan said though charges against the seven were framed on April 29, 2002, the prosecution could not produce any witnesses including complainant Saifur Rahman. So the proceedings were closed and the accused were acquitted, the order added. The other accused are Mizan alias 'Petkata' Mizan, Zillur Rahman alias Shimul, Naimur Rahman alias Arif, Zinnah, and Taj. Of them, Abbas and Zinnah are behind bars. After recording statement of the recording officer [of the case], the court had issued summons, and bailable and non-bailable warrants for arrest of the witnesses. According to the prosecution, a gang led by Jahangir and Abbas attacked Saifur and Moshiur at about 8:45pm on December 16, 1998 when the two with 80 others were watching Victory Day programmes. Saifur was shot in the leg during the attack made because of previous enmity. The case was filed the next day.
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