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| He threatened bomb attack to delay verdict |
| 2014-10-21 |
| Two people, arrested for threatening to launch suicide bomb attack in Chittagong court on October 14, have claimed that they made the threat to defer verdict in a land-related case. Mohammad Nasir, 45, and his brother-in-law Salauddin, 22, were arrested in separate drives in the port cityâs Badurtola and Rahattarpool areas on Sunday, DB Deputy Commissioner Kushum Dewan said. They were put on three-day police remand yesterday. Following his arrest, Nasir claimed that he was not a member of banned Islamist outfit Jamaâatul Mujahideen that he had mentioned while giving the threat to lawyer Manash Kumer Das over the phone. Police, however, could not seize the mobile set and the SIM card which were used for giving the threat. Salauddin threw the SIM into the river on October 14 and left the phone beside a road in Bahaddarhat area on October 18. Nasir, owner of a phone-fax shop named Nasir Telecom in Badurtola area, said he has a land in the area which was given to a developer company to construct a building. But since one Kamrunnahar claimed ownership of the same land, he lodged a case. Verdict in the case was set to be delivered on October 14 and Nasir thought it might go against him. He thought that after issuing such a threat, identifying him as a JMB member, the court proceedings would be adjourned and he would get the scope to file another case in the meantime. Lawyer Manash is the defence counsel in the case. On that day, the designated court did not deliver the verdict. âThe detectives are investigating whether Nasirâs lawyer Abu Bakar was also involved in the bomb attack threat,â DB ADC Hasan Chowdhury said. Soon after receiving the threat, law enforcers tightened security measures in the Chittagong Court Building Hill area where a total of 75 different courts are housed while offices of the deputy commissioner and the divisional commissioner are adjacent to the court. |
| Posted by:Fred |