Court allows blast case against 18 BNP activists

A Dhaka court yesterday took into cognisance the charges against 18 BNP leaders and activists, including Swechchhasebak Dal President Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Sultan Salauddin Tuku, in connection with a blast case.
Police filed the case with Ramna Police Station against them on charges of exploding two cocktails near Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, during the hartal hours on June 5 last year.
Judge Mohammad Zahirul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court accepted the charges brought against them and fixed January 3, 2013 for the hearing on charge framing against them in the case.
Sohel, Tuku and 16 others, now on bail, were present in the court yesterday.