Hearing adjourned until tomorrow
A Dhaka court yesterday for the second time adjourned the hearing till tomorrow on the government petitions seeking further investigation into the August 21 grenade attack cases following a time petition by the defence lawyers.
Judge Masdar Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 passed the order after defence lawyers of the accused former deputy minister and BNP leader Abdus Salam Pintu submitted a petition seeking adjournment of the hearing on the petitions.
Moving the petitions, lawyers told the court that they were not in a position to take part in hearing on the issues. So, they prayed for adjournment of the hearings.
Earlier on June 25, Advocate Syed Rezaur Rahman, chief prosecution counsel, submitted two separate petitions for further investigation into the grenade attack cases.
In the petitions, the prosecution mentioned that the attacks aimed to assassinate Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina in 2004, saying that expert and influential people, who had supplied grenades, have still remained untraced.
The grisly attack on Hasina's rally on Bangabandhu Avenue killed 23 AL leaders and workers and maimed over 300.
The Criminal Investigation Department, which investigated the cases filed in connection with the sensational incident, submitted charge sheets in June last year, accusing 21 members of Harkatul Jihad Al Islami (Huji), including its top leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and Pintu.
Hannan, Pintu and 12 others, now in jail custody, were produced before the court during yesterday's hearing.
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