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| 2 Huji men remanded |
| 2007-11-26 |
| A Dhaka court yesterday placed two Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) members on a seven-day remand in a case that was filed for bomb attacks on a Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) rally at Paltan Maidan on January 21, 2001. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Golam Rabbani passed the order after investigation officer Delwar Hossain, also an inspector at Criminal Investigation Department (CID), produced Mohibullah alias Mofizur Rahman and Sharif Shahidul Alam alias Bipul at the court at 2:15pm. Mohibullah is brother of Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan. The investigation officer in his forwarding report said the two Huji members need to be interrogated while on remand to find out the whereabouts of their other accomplices in the attack and discover the motive behind the blasts that killed five people and injured 50 others. The accused told the court following the magistrate's query that they do not have any lawyers to move any petitions against the remand prayer. They also denied their involvement in the incident as the court asked them why they had exploded the bombs and whether any Islamic state could be established through bombing. Earlier, the two and Mufti Hannan were taken on remand for several days. CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan laid the case with Motijheel Police Station, implicating a group of anti-state conspirators for the attack. Police arrested 12 people at that time but CID in its final report on December 17, 2003 said accurate, impartial and reliable evidence was not found that could prove the charges against the arrestees. The investigation officer said he will press charges if sufficient evidence is found against them. Later on January 27, 2005, the investigation officer submitted a petition with chief metropolitan magistrate's court to reinvestigate the case and secured court approval to that end. |
| Posted by:Fred |