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Blast Case against Opposition

Court questions legality of probe

Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday questioned the legality of the investigation into the blast case filed against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 28 others.
Shahbagh police filed the case against the accused in connection with the bomb explosions inside the Secretariat during hartal hours on April 29.
Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court raised the question as the investigation officer (IO) of the case submitted charge sheets FROM PAGE 20
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.
Badru’s name was not mentioned in the first information report (FIR). But his name was included in the charge sheet as police found his involvement during the investigation of the case.
After hearing arguments of the prosecution and the defence, the court fixed August 26 as the next date of hearing the case.
DEFENCE AND PROSECUTION VIEW Defence lawyer Mahbub Uddin Khokon drew the attention of the judge saying that during the time of occurrence, two motorcycle riders hurled two 'bombs' inside the Secretariat. But, the IO failed to trace them.
The IO did not even mention the whereabouts of principal accused, and submitted charge sheets only against 29 abettors. So, the charges brought against the abettors could not be taken into cognizance, the defence added.
Metropolitan Public Prosecutor (PP) Abdullah Abu told the court that the IO of the case submitted the charge sheet against the abettors following depositions of prosecution witnesses and circumstantial evidence of the blasts.
A supplementary charge sheet against the two prime accused will be submitted if they are traced in future, the prosecution said.
So the charges brought against the abettors could be taken into cognizance, he argued.
Amid this situation, the judge asked the PP whether the IO mentioned the names of the prime accused in the charge sheet. The PP replied that the IO did not mention anything about the accused in the charge sheet.
On queries, the prosecution informed the court that the IO did not even mention in the charge sheet whether he will submit a supplementary charge sheet in future if the two motorbike riders are found.
NEXT DATE FOR HEARING After hearing both the sides, the court said as there is a question of legality in the investigation of the case, both the defence and the prosecution will point out their arguments on the issue on August 26.
Meantime, the court also extended the bail period of 27 opposition leaders including Mirza Fakhrul till next hearing of the case.
Two other accused in the case--Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed and Karnruzzaman Ratan--had earlier obtained permanent bail from the same court.
Of the accused, 28 were present during the proceedings.