Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwary has requested the prosecution team to file an appeal against an acquittal accused Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan in Holey Artisan attack case in the city’s Gulshan.
The IGP said, “We are satisfied that seven of the accused we charged after investigation have got the
highest penalty.”
“We will request the prosecution team to file an appeal against the acquittal of the other accused.”
He said it in a program at the Police Headquarters on Wednesday.
Earlier, Dhaka’s Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal gave death penalty to seven and acquitted another accused named Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan in Holey Artisan attack case on Wednesday.
Convicts who were given death penalties are — Rashedul Islam alias Rash, one of the planners, Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi, recruiter of the attackers, Sohel Mahfuz, supplier of grenades, Rakibul Hasan Regan, a so-called religious trainer, and Hadisur Rahman Sagar, suppliers of arms and Shariful Islam Khaled, and Mamunur Rashid Ripon.
The court also fine the convicts Tk 50,000.
In 2016, the Holey Artisan Bakery and Café was stormed by five men.
During the attack on July 1, 22 people including 17 foreigners were brutally killed by these militants.
Five attackers Nibras Islam, Rohan Imtiaz, Meer Saameh Mubasser, Khairul Islam and Shafiqul Islam were all killed in the Operation Thunderbolt carried out by the Para Commando Battalion of Bangladesh Army launched July 2.
