Aug 17 Bomb Blasts
Four testify against JMB men
A special tribunal in Habiganj yesterday recorded deposition of four prosecution witnesses in three cases over the 2005 synchronised bomb attacks.
The accused, including outlawed JMB chief Moulana Saidur Rahman, his son and a section chief AHM Shamim, operatives Azizul Islam Gazi, Hafez Hujaifa, Md Belal Hossain, Salah Uddin, and Shafiqul Islam, were present in court.
Muhammad Mahtab Hossain, acting judge of the Special Tribunal-II, recorded the deposition of Shahjahan Miah, Mihir Dass, Mintu Lal and Kodor Ali. The judge fixed October 31 for recording deposition of the other witnesses.
On August 17, 2005, the banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh simultaneously blast time bombs in 63 out of 64 districts of the country. The bombs hit five spots in Habiganj.
Habinanj police filed five cases in this connection.
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