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Jail Killing Day is observed by the , Tajuddin Ahmed , AHM Quamruzzaman and Captain M Mansur Ali on this date in 1975. The men were shot by army officials inside Dhaka Central Jail .

Nearly 29 years after the killings, those responsible went to trial. In the judgement, which was pronounced on October 20, 2004, three fugitive former army per­sonnel were sentenced to death, 12 former army personnel were awarded life term imprison­ment and five people, including four senior politicians, were ac­quitted.

The individuals who received life imprisonment included:
  • Lt. Col. Syed Faruque Rahman (fired)

  • Lt. Col. Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan (retired)

  • Major Mohammad Bazlul Huda (retired)

  • Lt. Col. Khondakar Abdur Rashid (fired) (absconded)

  • Lt. Col. Shariful Haque Dalim (retired) (absconded)

  • Lt. Col. S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury (retired) (absconded)

  • Major A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed (retired) (absconded)

  • Lt. Col. Rashed Chow-dhury (retired) (absconded)

  • Major Ahmed Sharaful Hossain (retired) (absconded)

  • Captain Abdul Majid (retired) (absconded)

  • Captain Mohammad Kismat Hashem (retired) (absconded)

  • Captain Nazmul Hossain Ansari (retired) (absconded)