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| Govt seeks scrapping of 2 Huji mens bail |
| 2009-08-24 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The government submitted two petitions for cancellation of the bails of two Harkatul Jihad (Huji) members in the August 21 grenade attack cases yesterday. The grisly grenade attack was on an Awami League rally at Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004 that left 23 people including AL leader Ivy Rahman dead and 300 others injured. Judge Masdar Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka granted bails to Munshi Mohibullah, brother of Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, and one of his accomplices Arif Hassan Sumon on August 12. Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police of Criminal Investigation Department Abdul Khar Akond submitted the petitions to advocate Syed Rezaur Rahman, chief prosecution counsel. The petition for the murder case was submitted to the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court while the petition on the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court. Metropolitan Sessions Judge ANM Bashir Ullah fixed today for hearing from the prosecution and the defence lawyers. Second Additional Sessions Judge Fozila Begum fixed the date for hearing on the petition on August 30. The jail authorities were asked to produce the Huji members before the courts on the scheduled dates. Earlier the cases were sent from speedy trial tribunal to the courts mentioned on August 18, as the trial of the cases would not be completed within 135 working days. The Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 ordered a further probe into the cases as the prosecution submitted petitions seeking fresh probe on June 25. The trial also directed inspector general of police to submit the probe report by two months. In the bail cancellation petitions, the prosecution mentioned that the two Huji members were directly involved in the grenade attack and they had confessed to magistrates. "If they go out on bail, they would create obstructions in investigating the case," the prosecution added. CID pressed charges against 22 people including former deputy minister BNP leader Abdus Salam Pintu and Huji chief Hannan on June 11 last year. |
| Posted by:Fred |