Seven-day remand granted for Mufti Hannan, 3 others
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
HABIGANJ, Nov 24 (UNB): A court here Monday granted a seven-day remand for Harkatul Jihad leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and three other JMB leaders in the ex-finance minister Shah AMS Kibria murder case.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate M Helaluddin passed the order following a plea by CID investigation officer (IO) ASP Rafiqul Islam.
The other JMB leaders are Mohibullah alias Mofiz alias Ovi (30), Sharif Shahedul Alam alias Bipul (38), and Hafez Sayed Nayeem Ahmed alias Arif (32).
The accused were produced before the court under heavy security. The court only heard the accused in the dock, as no prosecutor stood for them. All the accused pleaded not guilty.
On the other hand, public prosecutors CI Fazlul Karim and Advocate Alamgir Bhuiyan sought a 10-day remand for the accused.
Hearing both the sides, the court granted seven days' remand for them.
Awami League (AL) and former lawmaker Kibria was among five killed in a grenade attack at Boidyer Bazar in Sadar Upazila on January 27, 2005 that also left 70 people injured.
District AL organising secretary Advocate Abdul Majid filed two cases with Sadar thana the same day.
After investigation, IO of the case ASP Munshi Atiqur Rahman of CID had submitted a chargesheet against 10 people, including BNP leader AKM Abdul Quaiyum. But, the plaintiff of the case submitted a naraji (objection) petition against the charge sheet.
The proceedings of the two cases have been stayed following a High Court (HC) order.
Later, CID officials found a link between the JMB activists and the Kibria murder case during their investigation into various grenade attacks in the country.
Meanwhile, eight detainees of the case, including BNP leader Abdul Quaiyum, were freed on bail.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate M Helaluddin passed the order following a plea by CID investigation officer (IO) ASP Rafiqul Islam.
The other JMB leaders are Mohibullah alias Mofiz alias Ovi (30), Sharif Shahedul Alam alias Bipul (38), and Hafez Sayed Nayeem Ahmed alias Arif (32).
The accused were produced before the court under heavy security. The court only heard the accused in the dock, as no prosecutor stood for them. All the accused pleaded not guilty.
On the other hand, public prosecutors CI Fazlul Karim and Advocate Alamgir Bhuiyan sought a 10-day remand for the accused.
Hearing both the sides, the court granted seven days' remand for them.
Awami League (AL) and former lawmaker Kibria was among five killed in a grenade attack at Boidyer Bazar in Sadar Upazila on January 27, 2005 that also left 70 people injured.
District AL organising secretary Advocate Abdul Majid filed two cases with Sadar thana the same day.
After investigation, IO of the case ASP Munshi Atiqur Rahman of CID had submitted a chargesheet against 10 people, including BNP leader AKM Abdul Quaiyum. But, the plaintiff of the case submitted a naraji (objection) petition against the charge sheet.
The proceedings of the two cases have been stayed following a High Court (HC) order.
Later, CID officials found a link between the JMB activists and the Kibria murder case during their investigation into various grenade attacks in the country.
Meanwhile, eight detainees of the case, including BNP leader Abdul Quaiyum, were freed on bail.