Six indicted in Narayanganj AL office bomb blast case

NARAYANGANJ, July 6 (UNB): After long 14 years, a court framed on Sunday charges against six people in a case filed in connection with the bomb attack on Awami League office at Chashara that killed 20 people and injured over 50 on June 16, 2001.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Miazi Shahidul Alam Chowdhury framed the charges with the three accused present in the dock.

The court fixed August 02 for the next hearing.

Those indicted are Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (Huji) leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, militant leader Obaidullah Rahman, Narayanganj City Corporation Councillor Shawkat Hashem Shaku, Shahadatullah Jewel, and twin brothers Anisul Morsalin and Muhibul Mottakin.

Mufti Hannan and Shahadatullah Jewel were present in the dock.

Earlier, in 2013, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police submitted charge sheet against six people in two cases --one for killing and another under the Explosive Substances Act --filed in connection with the incident.

Police also cleared 31 people, including district BNP President Advocate Taimur Alam Khandaker, of the charges.