Ramna Batamul murder case sent back to earlier court
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
The Speedy Trial Tribunal has sent back the Ramna Batamul murder case to the previous court, having failed to complete the trial within the deadline, reports bdnews24.com.
Judge Kaniz Akhter Nasrina Khanam transferred the case to the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court Monday as the case could not be disposed of within stipulated 135 working days.
The tribunal could record statements of only 50 witnesses among the 84. No witnesses were present at the court Monday.
This case will now be treated like the other cases, Aminul Gani Titu, lawyer for Arif Hasan Suman, a suspect in the case, told the news agency.
Mahbubur Rahman, special public prosecutor of the tribunal, however, said the sensitive blast case would soon be transferred to another speedy trial tribunal through a government notification.
At least 10 people were killed and 50 others injured when militants carried out the bomb attack on April 14, 2001 as thousands of people gathered at Ramna Batamul in the capital to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year's Day.
Investigators filed two separate cases-one for the murders and the other for the use of explosives-with Ramna police which went to trial last year.
The case on explosives is now pending with another Dhaka court.
Judge Kaniz Akhter Nasrina Khanam transferred the case to the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court Monday as the case could not be disposed of within stipulated 135 working days.
The tribunal could record statements of only 50 witnesses among the 84. No witnesses were present at the court Monday.
This case will now be treated like the other cases, Aminul Gani Titu, lawyer for Arif Hasan Suman, a suspect in the case, told the news agency.
Mahbubur Rahman, special public prosecutor of the tribunal, however, said the sensitive blast case would soon be transferred to another speedy trial tribunal through a government notification.
At least 10 people were killed and 50 others injured when militants carried out the bomb attack on April 14, 2001 as thousands of people gathered at Ramna Batamul in the capital to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year's Day.
Investigators filed two separate cases-one for the murders and the other for the use of explosives-with Ramna police which went to trial last year.
The case on explosives is now pending with another Dhaka court.