More killings needed to establish Allah’s rule: Shaikh Rahman tells Jhalakathi Court

Chief of militant Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Shaikh Abdur Rahman on Tuesday declined to accept his trial "tagudi" or human created court saying more killings were needed to establish Allah's laws.

"Killing of more judges and others who do not accept Allah's laws is needed," he told the court, which fixed May 15 to allow the accused to speak about the charges against them under section 342 of the criminal procedure code for the murder of two judges in the district.

Shaikh, who earlier also declined to accept any lawyer for his defence, demanded all concerned to "speak the truth in a decent manner" during the trial.

"I want the trial to be held truly following the Allah's laws, otherwise, I will divulge everything," he told the court, which completed the recording of the last of the 45 prosecution witnesses and investigation officer of the case assistant police super Munshi Atiqur Rahman of CID.

Earlier, extra security cautions were taken on the court premises as members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) escorted the militant kingpins from the prison to the court of additional district and sessions judge Reza Tarik Ahmed.

The top JMB top brasses to face the trial in person are Shaikh Rahman, his second-in-command Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai, militant commander of the outlawed outfit Ataur Rahman Sunny, regional commanders Abdul Awal, Khalid Saifullah, Iftekhar Hassan Mamun and Sultan Hossain.

Munshi Atiq told the court that the militant leaders at a secret meeting at Bashabo in Dhaka in September 2005 plotted the design to kill the two judges as part of their violent campaign to disable the judiciary and the government.

Bangla Bhai, who too declined the assistance of any lawyer, said he was suffering from blood cancer.

A total of 45 prosecution witnesses among the listed 53 testified before the court during the past eight days of hearing and they included eye witnesses of the judges murders, policemen, doctors and landlords of houses rented by the militants for carrying out their judges killing mission.