The military decided not to court-martial the military officials who masterminded and participated in the coup . AFM Mohitul Islam , personal assistant to Sheikh Mujib and a survivor of the attack on his house , tried to file a case against the military officers but the police refused to do so and even assaulted him . The conspirators could not be tried in court of law on the charge of assassination because of the Indemnity Act passed by the government under President Khondaker Mustaq Ahmed . However , when Awami League , led by Mujibur 's daughter , Sheikh Hasina , won the election in 1996 , it repealed the Act . The Bangabandhu murder trial commenced with the case being filed by AFM Mohitul Islam . Col. ( Rtd . ) Syed Faruque Rahman was arrested from his Dhaka Old DOHS home . Col. ( Rtd . ) Bazlul Huda was brought back from Bangkok , where he was serving sentence for shoplifting , as part of criminal exchange program between Thailand and Bangladesh . Lt. Col. Mohiuddin Ahmed was active in military service when he was arrested . Col. ( Rtd . ) Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan was on active diplomatic service , appointed by previous Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia , and returned to Bangladesh when he had been called back by foreign ministry . Later he was arrested . Col. ( Rtd . ) Abdur Rashid and other accused , however , left Bangladesh as 1996 general election showed an upcoming Awami League victory . Colonel ( Rtd . ) Rashid is now reportedly shuttling between Pakistan and Libya . All these men were also involved in jail killing in November 1975
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Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman