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| BNP leaders plotted Sylhet grenade attack |
| 2010-06-22 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Huji leader Mufti Abdul Hannan yesterday in a Sylhet courtroom placed the blame on a few BNP men including an ex-state minister for the grenade attack on an Awami League meeting in the city. Hannan's brother Mofizur Rahman and Huji operative Sharif Shahedul Alam Bipul also gave the court similar statements, Additional Public Prosecutor Shamsul Islam told The Daily Star. Additional District and Sessions Judge of Sylhet Manzurul Haque Khan framed charges against Hannan and five others in the murder case filed after the grenade attack. As the APP read out charges, the judge asked the accused whether they were guilty of the charges. Mufti Abdul Hannan and other accused pleaded not guilty. Hannan said they are innocent victims of a conspiracy. A fresh probe will reveal facts, claimed Hannan alleging BNP leader Harris Chowdhury, Habiganj Pourashava chairman GK Gous and some other local leaders masterminded the attack. He suggested that the investigators should interrogate former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar to go deep into the grenade attack. Mufti Hannan also held CID ASP Munshi Atiq responsible for "falsely implicating" them. The attack on the AL meeting in the city's Gulshan Centre on August 7, 2004 left Sylhet city AL publicity secretary Mohammad Ibrahim dead and 25 injured. Mufti Abdul Hannan, Mofizur Rahman alias Muhibullah alias Ovi, Sharif Shahedul Alam Bipul, Mufti Main Uddin and Delwar Hossain Ripon were produced before the court yesterday for framing charges against them. However, the other accused Humayun Kabir Himu remained at large since the day of attack. The judge then fixed August 9 for taking deposition of the prosecution witnesses. The same court yesterday framed charges against the same group of accused in another case in connection with a grenade attack on the Sylhet mayor on December 2, 2004. |
| Posted by:Fred |