August 21 cases
LeT leader Malek appeals for discharge
Kasmir-based militant group Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Golam Mohammad alias Abdul Malek appealed to a Dhaka court yesterday to be discharged from the August 21 grenade attack cases.
He submitted the discharge petition when the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 resumed the hearing on charge framing against 52 accused in the cases.
Meanwhile, the counsel of former inspector general of police Ashraful Huda completed submissions in support of discharging his client from charges.
Judge Shahed Nuruddin fixed December 4 for the next hearing.
A total of 15 accused, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, former inspector general of police Khoda Baksh Chowdhury, former director general of National Security Intelligence Abdur Rahim, Lt Commander (retd) Saiful Islam Duke and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami leader Maulana Abu Taher appealed to the court to be discharged from the cases.
The prosecution on October 9 placed proposals for framing charges against all accused.
Thirty-two accused, including Babar and Mojahid, now in jail, were produced before the court yesterday. Ariful Islam Arif, DCC Ward councillor, now on bail, was also present.
BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and 18 other accused are absconding.
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