BANGLADESH NEWS
A Dhaka court on Thursday questioned the legality of the investigation into the blasts case filed against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 28 others.
Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court raised the questioned as the investigation officer (IO) of the case submitted charge sheets in the case against 29 abettors keeping the principal accused untraced.
Detectives on May 31 charged 28 accused in the case plus BNP activist Mirtazul Karim Badru with blasting the bombs.
The case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station against 28 leaders of the 18-party alliance including Fakhrul in connection with the bomb explosions during hartal hours on April 29.
DEFENCE AND PROSECUTION VIEW
Defence lawyer Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon drew the attention of the judge saying that during the time of occurrence, two motorcycle riders exploded two 'bombs' inside the Secretariat. But, the IO of the case failed to trace them.
The IO even did not mention the whereabouts of principal accused and submitted charge sheet only against the 27 abettors. So, the charges brought against the abettors could not be taken into cognizance, the defence added.
On the other hand, Metropolitan Public Prosecutor (PP) Abdullah Abu told the court that the IO of the case submitted the charge sheet against the abettors following deposition of prosecution witnesses and circumstantial evidences of the blasts.
The supplementary charge sheet against the two prime accused will be submitted, if they were traced in future, the prosecution said adding that so the charges brought against the abettors could be taken into cognizance.
In this situation, the judge asked the PP whether the IO mentioned the prime accused in the charge sheet. The PP replied that the IO did not mention anything about the two key accused in the charge sheet.
On queries, the prosecution informed the court that the IO even did not mention in the charge sheet whether he will submit supplementary charge sheet in future if the two motorcycle riders were found.
JUDGE SET NEXT DATE FOR HEARING
After hearing both sides, the court said as there was a question of legality into the investigation in the case, so both defence and prosecution will point out their argument on the issue on August 26, the next date of the case.
Meantime, the court also extended the bail period of 27 opposition leaders including Fakhrul till next hearing of the case.
Two other accused in the case--Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed and Kamruzzaman Ratan--had earlier obtained permanent bail from the same court.
Of the accused, 28 were present during the proceedings while BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka has been undergoing treatment in abroad.
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