Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) leader Arif Hasan Suman was taken on three-day remand yesterday by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the bomb explosion at Ramna Batamul during Pahela Boishakh celebration on April 14, 2001. Earlier on April 25, Suman gave confessional statement about his involvement in the grenade attack on an Awami League rally on August 21 in 2004.
| Wonder how many times the RAB waterboarded him before he 'confessed' ... |
| No waterboard required. Just have Big Mahmoud awaken the prisoner at 2 a.m. and tell him he's going for a ride. He'll tell you anything you want to know, probably anything you want to hear. |
| And then you take him for a ride anyway ... |
CID officials in the forwarding report said as Suman admitted his involvement in the Batamul bomb explosion, he should be remanded for more information. CID Inspector Abu Mohammad Yusuf prayed for 10-day remand but the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Shahnaz Sultana granted three days.
Sources from CID and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said they were not satisfied with the information given by Suman about his involvement in the grenade attack on the AL rally. Rab sources said they would take Suman to the Taskforce for Interrogation (TFI) cell for squeezing out more information.
| "He's coming back! Get another five gallon jug!" |
According to sources, the charge sheet in the August 21 grenade attack case would be submitted in the first week of May accusing around 25 people including former BNP deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu, Huji leader Mufti Hannan, Abdur Rouf, Moulana Tajuddin, Arif Hassan Suman, Moulana Abdul Latif, Moulana Monir, Moulana Idris, Moulana Abu Taher, Waliur-1 and Waliur-2.
| Sure are a lot of Moulanas in that bunch. |
Meanwhile, Dr Zafar, arrested in connection with the bomb explosion at a rally of Communist Party of Bangladesh at Paltan Maidan on January 20 in 2001, was taken on three-day remand. He is also an accused in the August 21 grenade attack case and was shown arrested in the Paltan Maidan bomb explosion. In the case Huji boss Mufti Hannan is also an accused.
Earlier on December 17, 2003, CID submitted the final report. But following the government directive, investigation into the cases was restarted. |
