Lone sacrifice vindicated: Feels Col Jamil's daughter – Julfikar Ali Manik
She remained almost unnoticed in a crowd of hundreds of curious people gathered at the Supreme Court yesterday to hear the historic judgement in Bangabandhu murder case.
The woman is a daughter of the lone army officer, Col Jamil Uddin Ahmed, who sacrificed his life trying to save Bangabandhu on the dark night of August 15, 1975.
Jamil was killed at Sobhanbagh while he was on his way to Bangabandhu’s Dhanmondi residence to counter the killers.
Afroza Jamil Kanka, one of the four daughters of Jamil, drew attention of many at the courtroom as she became very emotional hearing the verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case.
Introducing herself to The Daily Star correspondent as Jamil’s daughter, she said, “Justice has finally been delivered for which we had to wait 34 years.”
Afroza thinks the army should hold a trial for the killing of her father but she was happy with yesterday’s landmark judgment.
“This verdict gives me a feeling that our family also got a kind of justice,” said Col Jamil’s daughter.
“I think the army should take initiative to hold a trial for the killing of my father on August 15, 1975. My father was an army officer who was killed by a few other army personnel,” said Afroza.
“The army has not taken any initiative to hold the trial. They did not even give a gun salute to my father when he was buried in Dhaka,” she said.
When Col Jamil was on his way to Bangabandhu’s Dhanmondi residence to save the Father of the Nation, some army men intercepted his car in front of Sobhanbagh mosque and gunned him down.
She said her father had set a heroic example by sacrificing his life for Bangabandhu.
“My father’s role saved the whole nation from shame as he came forward to save Bangabandhu on that fateful night,” Afroza said.
“I’m very proud of him.”
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