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Blasts Inside Secretariat

29 opposition leaders charged

Charges also pressed against 25 lawyers in court vandalism case

Chaitanya Chandra Halder
Detectives yesterday pressed charges against 29 opposition leaders, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, over the twin blasts incident at the secretariat during the April 29 shutdown.
A charge sheet was also submitted by police against 25
pro-opposition lawyers yesterday in a case filed for vandalism at the metropolitan sessions and district judges' courts on May 22.
Only 20 days ago, charges were pressed against 45 opposition leaders and activists, including Mirza Fakhrul, over the torching of a vehicle near the Prime Minister's Office during the hartal.
A case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station against the 29 leaders of the BNP-led 18-party alliance in connection with the explosions.
The arson case was filed the same day with Tejgaon Police Station. Many thus stand accused in both the cases.
All the arson accused are in jail.
Of the 29 charge sheeted accused in the blast case, four failed to secure bail after their arrest, while the High Court granted anticipatory bail to Fakhrul and 24 others in the blast case until the submission of the charge sheet.
At least 50 opposition leaders and activists are now in prison in connection with the two cases.
Yesterday around 11:00am, DB Inspector Tapan Chandra Saha, investigation officer of the blast case, submitted the
charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in the capital.
According to the charge sheet, two unidentified youths riding a motorcycle hurled bombs inside the secretariat to create panic, damage the important government infrastructure and thwart the democratic system.
The attack was carried out on the direct and indirect orders and provocation of the accused and with their financial assistance. They also helped the youths collect the explosives, it added.
CHARGE SHEETS AGAINST LAWYERS
Abidul Islam, a subinspector at Kotwali Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case, placed the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka yesterday afternoon.
The charge sheet was submitted under the Speedy Trial Act which allows the judge only 30 work days to complete the trial if the accused are on bail or in custody.
If some of the defendants are on the run, the trial may take up to 60 workdays, according to the law.
The court, meanwhile, fixed June 3 for hearing the
bail petitions filed earlier in the day by 22 of the lawyers.
First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Shahidul Islam Faruque passed the order as the lawyers' bail term granted by the High Court will expire on June 3.
Dhaka Bar Association President Borhanuddin and 21 other accused secured bail for 10 days from the HC in the case on May 24.
The lawyers will be at liberty until June 3, the court said on Thursday.
Earlier in the morning, the lawyers surrendered to the court and sought bail in compliance with an HC order.
The vandalism took place on May 22 when members of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum boycotted all the judges' and magistrates' courts in the capital, protesting a court order sending BNP lawmaker Mahbub Uddin Khokon to jail in an arson case.
The same day, Kotwali police filed the case against the 29 pro-BNP lawyers.
Of them, Kamal Hossain, Simki Imam and Shamima Akhter Shammi have been absconding. The IO prayed for arrest warrants against them.