Hearings adjourned until Sept 9

Two Dhaka courts yesterday adjourned the hearings till September 9 on the government petitions seeking cancellation of bails granted earlier to two Harkatul Jihad (Huji) members in connection with the August 21 grenade attack cases.
The hearings were adjourned as the detained accused Munshi Mohibullah, brother of Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, and one of his accomplices Arif Hassan Sumon were not produced before the courts due to heavy rainfall.
Meantime, the two Huji members yesterday submitted written statements against the show cause notice issued by the court asking them why their bails shall not be cancelled.
Judge ANM Bashir Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court adjourned the hearings of the murder case while Judge Fozila Begum of the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court adjourned the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.
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.
The next day, two cases were filed -- one for murder and the other for blasting grenades on the rally.
Earlier on August 12, Judge Masdar Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 granted bails to them on grounds that they didn't have direct involvement.
Following the orders, Chief Prosecution Counsel Advocate Syed Rezaur Rahman submitted two petitions seeking cancellation of their bails.