A member of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) suicide squad yesterday told a court their military commander Ataur Rahman Sunny supplied 10 kilograms of ammonia nitrate for explosion in Narayanganj on August 17 last year. In his statement, Ziaul Islam told the magistrate that he along with seven others exploded seven bombs at five spots in Narayanganj on August 17 last year, our Narayanganj correspondent reports. Zia told the magistrate that he exploded a bomb in front of Pourasava Bhaban at Mondolpara in the town on August 17 while the others blasted six other bombs at four points.Zia of Kalihathi in Tangail, arrested on December 27, confessed that he rented a house at HM Sen Road by the eastern side of the Sitalakhya River in August. On August 15, a regional JMB commander of Narayanganj, Ziaur Rahman Tanvir brought nine bombs from Sunny. On that day, he along with others held a meeting at a mosque at Shahi Mahalla and they decided where they would explode the bombs. The next day, they pointed out the spots and Tanvir taught them how to switch on and explode the bombs. As per direction, Zia exploded the bomb at Pourasava area on August 17. After the explosion he changed his residence.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court has fixed January 17 for hearing on charge framing against Ataur Rahman Sunny and six others in the two Dhaka serial bomb blast cases on August 17 last year. The first case was filed under the Arms Act and the other one under the Explosive Substances Act. Judge Mohammad Monzurul Bachhid of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court on Sunday set the date for hearing on the issue. Other accused are AHM Shamim, 23, Zakaria alias Jewel, 21, Nur Azam Siddique alias Yeasir, 27, Belal Hossain alias Tamim, 21, Aleya Ferdous, 27, and Akramul Islam, 23. All of them were arrested earlier and all except Sunny, gave confessional statements to magistrates on different dates.