Serial Blasts in Khulna
Court summons 3 PWs
Khulna Special Tribunal No 4 Judge Md Barekuzzaman issued summons against three prosecution witnesses (PWs) of a serial bomb blast case to appear before the court.
The summon was issued on Thursday against Batiaghata police station sub-inspector (SI) Monir Hossain, also complainant of the case, Md Abdul Hakim Gazi and Masuda Begum.
SI Monir filed the case accusing 17 activists of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) under Explosive Substances Act. The JMB activists exploded bombs in front of a residential hall in Khulna University on August 17, 2005.
Police seized splinters of bombs and JMB leaflets from the place of occurrence as evidence.
Batiaghata police station officer-in-charge (OC) Mahbubur Rahman, also investigating Officer (IO) of the case pressed charges in court against them on November 15.
Eleven chargesheeted accused are still at large while four of them are in Khulna jail.
Two others, JMB kingpin Shaikh Abdur Rahman and second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai were hanged to death in another bomb blast case. Two judges of Jhalakati court were killed in the blast.
The next date for deposition of PWs was fixed on March 10.
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