Kotalipara Bomb Case

Hearing deferred till Dec 30

26 December 2010, 18:00 PM

Court Correspondent

A Dhaka court yesterday deferred the hearing until December 30 of a case against Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and 24 others filed for planting a 76-kilogram bomb. Judge (in charge) Kaniz Akhter Nasrina Khanam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 passed the order as the prosecution failed to produce witnesses before it yesterday. The 76-kilogram bomb was recovered from the Sheikh Lutfor Rahman Ideal College under Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj district on July 21, 2000, in a bid to kill then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who was to address a rally there the next day. Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, the prime accused, and seven others were brought before the tribunal yesterday under tight security.