Blast at Suranjit's Meet

Charge-framing deferred again

28 October 2009, 17:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet.

A Sylhet court yesterday again deferred charge-framing against the accused in the case for bomb attack on Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta's public meeting in Sunamganj in 2004 as prime accused Mufti Abdul Hannan could not be produced in the court. Judge Mohammad Mahbub Ul Islam of the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal fixed November 15 for framing charges against the accused, court sources said. Five of the six other accused --Mufti Hannan's younger brother Mofizul Islam alias Mohibullah, Shariful Alam Bipul, Delwar Hossain Ripon, Hafij Nayeem Ahmed and Mufti Main Uddin-- were produced in the court. Another accused Naziur Rahman Nazu has been absconding since the incident. Bombs were hurled on the dais of the meeting held at Derai upazila headquarters on June 21, 2004, killing Awami League activist Abdul Wahid on the spot and injuring 45 others. Suranjit escaped unhurt as he along with some other leaders got down from the dais just a minute before the attack. Chare-sheet in the case was submitted to Judicial Magistrate's Court, Sunamganj, on December 14, 2008. The case was later transferred to the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal through a gazette notification of the home ministry.