The Jatiya Samajtantrick Dal faction led by Hasanul Haq Inu on Wednesday demanded posthumous trial of the late president, Ziaur Rahman, for his alleged involvement in the killing Colonel Abu Taher.
Hasanul Haq Inu, A lawmaker and ally of Awami League, at a briefing at his party's central office said that the trial could be held by amending the existing law and that he would place a bill in parliament to amend the law.
The JSD leader said Abu Taher was hanged after trial in camera under martial law regulations in 1976 on charge of 'plotting against the state.'
The High Court on Tuesday declared the trial illegal and said that the mastermind of the killing was none other than Zia.
JSD general secretary Sharif Nurul Ambia demanded investigation of all the killings committed in the army and publication of a white paper on the killings.
He called on the government to declare March 22 as Fair Trial Day to mark the day on which the High Court delivered the verdict on Taher's killing.
The party also demanded naming a government establishment and a road of Dhaka city after Abu Taher and giving compensation to the affected in the trial.
It called for appointing an investigation committee in line with the court verdict.
Lutfa Taher, widow of Abu Taher, and the accused the case – Robiul Islam Dewan, Sajjad Rafique and Zikrul Ahmed were present at the briefing.
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