Testimony recording deferred again

A Sylhet court yesterday again deferred the recording of testimonies of witnesses till today in the former finance minister SAMS Kibria murder case as only one accused out of 14 appeared before it.

Kishore Kumar Kar, the public prosecutor, said only Ariful Haque, suspended Sylhet City Corporation mayor, appeared while the others did not.

On March 16 this year, the court fixed yesterday as the 7th day of recording testimonies, said the PP.

Five people including Kibria were killed and 70 others injured in a grenade attack on a public rally of local Awami League at Baidder Bazar in Sylhet Sadar upazila on January 27, 2005. AL leader Abdul Mazid Khan filed two cases -- one for the killings and the other under the Explosives Substances Act.