Oct 14 fixed for charge hearing on two cases

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The divisional speedy trial tribunal court of Dhaka Tuesday fixed October 14 for hearing of charges in the two cases concerning the grenade attack on Awami League rally on August 21, 2004, reports UNB.
This was for the 4th time the date for hearing of charges against the accused had been shifted. The two cases-one is under the Explosive Substances Act and another for murder-will be tried analogously by the same court.
Advocate Kamrul Islam filed an application praying for time, saying that 18 lawyers would defend the persons wounded in the grenade attack. "For this, solicitors' permission is necessary and that will take time."
After hearing the plea, Judge M Masder Hossain fixed the fresh date.
Former state minister Abdus Salam Pinto of BNP, Mufti Hannan, Munshi Mohibullah, Khaled Saifullah and Arif Hasan, among other accused, were present in the court.
Eight of the accused are absconding. The case was filed against the grenade attack on the Awami League rally on August 21, 2004, which killed 23 persons and injured about 200, including party chief and former premier Sheikh Hasina.