[1][2] On 3 November 1975, Major General Khaled Mosharraf and Colonel Shafaat Jamil launched a counter coup to remove President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad and the killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from power.
[4] Five army officers led by Moslem Uddin Khan were refused entry to the jail by the deputy inspector general of prisons but were eventually allowed in on the orders of President Ahmad.
After hearing the groans and Ali call for water, one of the prison guards, Motaleb, informed the army team who had returned to the entrance of the jail.
[4] A first information report was filed with Lalbagh police station about the four murders, and its officer in charge, ABM Fazlul Karim, was tasked with investigating the incident.
[8] Metropolitan Sessions Judge Motiur Rahman issued an arrest warrant against Deputy Superintendent of Police Saifuddin Ahmed on 30 September 2004 after he failed to appear before the court due to ill health.
Mohiuddin Ahmed, Khandaker Abdur Rashid, Mohammad Bazlul Huda, Mohammad Kismat Hashem, Nazmul Hossain Ansar, Syed Faruque Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Shariful Haque Dalim, S. H. M. B. Noor Chowdhury, and Rashed Chowdhury were sentenced to life imprisonment.
[3] Mohamed Khairuzzaman, KM Obaidur Rahman, Shah Moazzem Hossain, Nurul Islam Manzur and Taheruddin Thakur were found innocent of all charges.
[3] The court found AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Abul Hashem Mridha, Bazlul Huda, Marfat Ali Shah, Syed Farook Rahman, and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, innocent of all charges.
[13] In 2022 the Awami League government was trying to bring one accused, Mohamed Khairuzzaman, back from Malaysia, where he had served as the ambassador of Bangladesh.