Kibria murder case testimony recording deferred again

A Sylhet court yesterday deferred recording of the testimony of witnesses to May 11 in the former finance minister SAMS Kibria murder case.

Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Makbul Ahsan deferred the testimony recording as none of the witnesses appeared before the court, said Kishore Kumar Kar, public prosecutor of the tribunal.

Five people including Kibria were killed and 70 others injured in a grenade attack on a public rally of Awami League at Baidder Bazar in Sadar upazila of Habiganj on January 27, 2005.

Awami League leader Abdul Mazid Khan filed two cases - one for murder and another under the Explosives Substances Act - with the Habiganj Police Station the following day.