Court orders fresh probe

A Dhaka court has ordered reinvestigation into the murder of Maj Gen Md Abul Manzur following a plea by the state, reports bdnews24.com.

Dhaka's First Additional District and Sessions Judge Hasan Mahmud Firoz gave the order on Thursday.

The Central Investigation Department (CID) of police has been ordered to reinvestigate the murder going back 30 years and submit a report on April 22.

The prime accused in the case is former military dictator and Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad, who is now the special envoy of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Apart from him, the four other accused are Maj (retd) Kazi Emdadul Haque, Lt Col (retd) Mostafa Kamaluddin Bhuiyan, Lt Col (retd) Shamsur Rahman Shams and Maj Gen (retd) Abdul Latif.