A detailed report from Amar Desh recounts events following the assassination of Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman on May 30, 1981, in Chittagong. The account, based on testimonies from Major Rezaul Karim Reza and Brigadier (Retd.) Hannan Shah, describes how Major General Abul Manzur attempted to navigate the chaotic aftermath. Reza, assigned as Manzur’s chief security officer, witnessed Manzur refusing to speak with Army Chief General Ershad and later fleeing Chittagong Cantonment as the situation deteriorated.

The report outlines how Manzur, accompanied by his family and several officers, fled toward the Chittagong Hill Tracts but was forced to surrender to police after their vehicle broke down. He was later taken into custody and allegedly killed, a case that remains under trial with Ershad named among the accused. The article also recounts how Brigadier Hannan Shah located Ziaur Rahman’s grave on June 1 and arranged for the body’s recovery and transfer to Dhaka.

The report cites Hannan Shah’s view that unresolved justice left enduring mystery around Ziaur Rahman’s assassination, despite trials and executions of several military officers involved.