Court Correspondent :
The submission of the arguments in the case filed in connection with the explosion of bombs at a rally of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) was again deferred yesterday and the court fixed June 14 as the next date.
Judge Md Rafiqul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka fixed the new date for submission of arguments in the case. Earlier, the defense sought time for submission of arguments. The submission of arguments in the case is thus deferred for the fourth time till Thursday.
Of the 84 witnesses of the case, 54 testified in the case. On March 21, recording the depositions of the cases ended.
Five people were killed and 20 others were injured in the bomb attack on the CPB rally held in the capital’s Palton Maidan on January 20, 2001. Then CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan filed the case with Motijheel Police Station, while the police had given the final report in 2003, saying it did not find any credible evidence in the case.
Later, in 2005, police reopened the case and on November 27, 2013, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Inspector Mrinal Kanti Saha submitted two charge sheets to the CMM Court of Dhaka against 13 activists of the banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Al-Islami in the cases filed over murder and explosion of explosives. Later, the court framed charges in the two cases on September 4, 2014.
Of the two cases, one was filed for killing five persons and injuring 20 others while the other case was filed under the Explosive Substances Act.
