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| It was a remote controlled bomb |
| 2009-10-31 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The bomb used in the attack on Awami League lawmaker Fazle Nur Taposh in the capital's Motijheel area on October 21 was remote controlled, said officials of the Detective Branch (DB) of police. Meanwhile, Khandaker Mehnaz Rashid, detained daughter of fugitive condemned convict in Bangabandhu assassination case Lt Col (retd) Khandaker Abdur Rashid, was put on a fresh remand for four days yesterday. She had been put on a five-day remand earlier. Assistant Commissioner (AC) Akbar Hossain of DB, who is also the investigation officer (IO) of the case in connection with the attack on Taposh, told The Daily Star yesterday, "We've become preliminarily sure that it was a remote controlled bomb planted by the attackers. Bomb experts of the Detective Branch and the Criminal Investigation Department [CID] helped us to ascertain that." The IO said the bomb might have been planted by Freedom Party operatives trained in Libya between 1982 and '83 by party founder Lt Col (retd) Syed Faruqoor Rahman who is also a condemned convict in Bangabandhu murder case and currently behind bars. DB so far arrested six people in connection with the attack on Taposh, who are Mehnaz, jailed condemned convict in Bangabandhu murder case Lt Col (retd) Mohiuddin Ahmed's two sons Nazmul Hasan alias Sohel and Mahbubul Hasan, absconding condemned convict in the same case Maj (retd) Shariful Haque Dalim's brother Kamrul Haque Swapan, and Freedom Party leaders Abdur Rahim and Sheikh Shafiullah Sofu. AC Akbar Hossain produced Mehnaz before the court yesterday morning seeking a 10-day remand, but Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Emdadul Haque of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court granted four days. The remand petition said evidence and testimonies established that Mehnaz had links with bombing suspects both detained and free. Moreover, vital information on the 1975 killings of Bangabandhu and his family members were also elicited from her through interrogation, the petition added. Barrister Taposh, also a prosecution lawyer in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case, escaped the recent attack unhurt, but 14 others were injured. Five teams including two additional deputy commissioners and 12 ACs were formed to deal with the case. Taposh is son of Sheikh Fazlul Huq Moni, nephew of Bangabandhu, who was also killed on August 15, 1975 along with Bangabandhu and his other family members. |
| Posted by:Fred |