Court Correspondent :
Eight more convicted BNP-men on Sunday surrendered in a Pabna court in the case filed over the attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Ishwardi 25 years ago.
The convicts surrendered in the court of Additional District Judge Rustom Ali, said Public Prosecutor Advocate Akteruzzaman Mukta, of the case. They are Amirul Islam Amin, Md Rabi, Azad Hossain Khokon, Md Mamun, and Md Abul Kalam. They were sentenced to life-term imprisonment in the case. Later, the court sent them in the jail.
With them, a total of 42 out of 47 convicted BNP men have been held in the case. Earlier on July 3, a Pabna court convicted 47 BNP men in the case.
Of the convicted, nine were awarded death
penalty, 25 got life imprisonment and 13 others each got 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment. A total of 34 convicted BNP men were present in the crowded court room during the verdict and they were sent to the jail later. Five other convicts, including one sentenced to death are still absconding.
On September 23, 1994, Sheikh Hasina, now the Prime Minister, was traveling from Khulna to Saidpur by train and addressed several rallies at different railway stations on the way.
As the train reached Paksey station, it came under attack. Crude bombs were hurled and shots fired. The attack continued till the train reached Ishwardi junction. Many were injured while the AL President Sheikh Hasina was unhurt.
Following the attack, Nazrul Islam, the then Officer-in-Charge of Ishwardi General Railway Police Station, filed the case against five members of the BNP and its associate bodies. Police submitted the final report in the same year but, the court didn’t accept it.
The court ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to reinvestigate. In April 1997, the CID submitted the charge sheet against 52 and five of them died later.
Eight more convicted BNP-men on Sunday surrendered in a Pabna court in the case filed over the attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Ishwardi 25 years ago.
The convicts surrendered in the court of Additional District Judge Rustom Ali, said Public Prosecutor Advocate Akteruzzaman Mukta, of the case. They are Amirul Islam Amin, Md Rabi, Azad Hossain Khokon, Md Mamun, and Md Abul Kalam. They were sentenced to life-term imprisonment in the case. Later, the court sent them in the jail.
With them, a total of 42 out of 47 convicted BNP men have been held in the case. Earlier on July 3, a Pabna court convicted 47 BNP men in the case.
Of the convicted, nine were awarded death
penalty, 25 got life imprisonment and 13 others each got 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment. A total of 34 convicted BNP men were present in the crowded court room during the verdict and they were sent to the jail later. Five other convicts, including one sentenced to death are still absconding.
On September 23, 1994, Sheikh Hasina, now the Prime Minister, was traveling from Khulna to Saidpur by train and addressed several rallies at different railway stations on the way.
As the train reached Paksey station, it came under attack. Crude bombs were hurled and shots fired. The attack continued till the train reached Ishwardi junction. Many were injured while the AL President Sheikh Hasina was unhurt.
Following the attack, Nazrul Islam, the then Officer-in-Charge of Ishwardi General Railway Police Station, filed the case against five members of the BNP and its associate bodies. Police submitted the final report in the same year but, the court didn’t accept it.
The court ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to reinvestigate. In April 1997, the CID submitted the charge sheet against 52 and five of them died later.
