August 21 Cases
Former DMP commissioner summoned
A Dhaka court yesterday summoned SM Mizanur Rahman, a former acting commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), to appear before it today to give his deposition in connection with the August 21 grenade attack cases.
Judge Shahed Nuruddin of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 issued the order following the completion of cross-examination of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) official Abu Hena Md Yusuf.
Mizanur, now on leave preparatory to retirement, was summoned before the tribunal to describe what he knew about the grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital on August 21, 2004.
He was included as a prosecution witness in the supplementary charge sheets submitted by CID on July 3 last year.
Of the 52 accused in the two August 21 grenade attack cases, former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and 24 others, who are now in custody, were produced before the court yesterday.
Seven other accused, including former Dhaka City Corporation ward councilor Ariful Islam Arif, now out on bail, were also present.
Tarique and 18 other accused have been shown absconding in the cases.
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