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27 April 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Court Correspondent

All the 20 accused, including Awami League (AL) lawmaker Mirza Azam, were acquitted yesterday of a case filed against them for killing a BNP activist at Melandah upazila in Jamalpur district in May 2001. Judge (in charge) Hrishikesh Saha of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 of Dhaka delivered the judgment at a packed courtroom in presence of Mirza Azam and 19 others. In his judgment, Hrishikesh said he acquitted the accused of the murder charges as the prosecution failed to prove the charges brought against them in the first information report (FIR) of the case. According to the prosecution, a group of people led by Mirza Azam brought out a procession equipped with firearms and attacked a group of people to create panic that left BNP activist Abdul Haque seriously injured at Melandah Bazar at about 4:30pm on May 23 in 2001. Later, he succumbed to his injuries. Victim's elder brother Haider Ali Banu filed a case against Mirza Azam and 19 others with Melandah Police Station on June 7. After submission of the charge sheet against the accused, the case was shifted to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 for quick disposal of the case.