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| CID to quiz 2 Lashkar leaders |
| 2009-10-06 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Criminal Investigation Department (CID) took two members of Lashkar-e-Taiba of India on a three-day remand in connection with the blast at a rally of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) in 2001. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Golam Rabbani yesterday passed the remand order after CID produced Mufti Obaidullah and Mansur Ali before the court seeking ten days' remand. Earlier, they were shown arrested in the case as the CID found their involvement in the incident. In the forwarding report, CID Inspector Mrinal Kanti Saha, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, said he gathered information from Harkatul Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan that the two militants were directly involved with the incident. So, they need to be remanded to find out vital clues about the blast, the IO said. Defending himself Mufti Obaidullah told the court that he along with his family members left his motherland India nine years back due to torture by Hindus. He was not involved with militant activities. Moreover, he is a teacher of a Quami Madrasah. So, he prayed for cancelling his remand. On the other hand, Mansur Ali did not say anything about the remand prayer sought by the IO of the case. Mufti Hannan, BNP leader Ariful Islam, also a ward councillor of Dhaka City Corporation and several other Huji members were shown arrested in the case and taken on remand to identify those responsible for the offences. On January 21, 2001, five people were killed and 50 others injured in the bomb blasts at a rally of CPB. Following the attack, CPB President Monjurul Ahsan Khan filed a bomb blast case with Motijheel Police Station, saying a group of anti-state conspirators made the attack. The police arrested 12 people at that time, but the CID submitted the final report on December 17, 2003, as correct, impartial and reliable pieces of evidence were not found to prove the charges against the arrestees. In the report, the IO said he would press charges if sufficient evidence was found against the arrestees. The IO submitted a petition with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for reinvestigation into the case on January 27, 2005 and the court directed him for fresh probe into the case after two days. |
| Posted by:Fred |