[5] In Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood, Anthony Mascarenhas wrote that Matiur "hated Zia and the army brass in Dhaka, holding them responsible for the political and economic rot that was devastating the country".

Colonel Mohammad Delwar Hossain, and complained about the 'wrongdoings of the government and the BNP - high prices, social injustices and corruption'.

According to evidence presented at the trial, Matiur and Mahfuzur discussed plans to assassinate Zia.

[7] Mascarenhas claimed that "when Mafuzur also informed Moti (Matiur) that Zia had decided to visit Chittagong on the 29th, the idea for another assassination was born".

[10] Matiur was part of the two strike-teams which entered the Circuit House to kill the president.

During the attack, several of Ziaur Rahman's guards were killed and two members of the strike-team were accidentally shot and injured by their own men.

On 1 June 1981, the army officers involved in Zia's assassination went on the run in a convoy of vehicles.

[14] Q. M. Jalal Khan wrote in his book, President Ziaur Rahman: Legendary Leader of Bangladesh, that the officers were executed on the orders of Army Chief General Hussain Muhammad Ershad.