Court summons Ramna carnage case IO
A Dhaka court yesterday summoned an investigation officer of Ramna Batamul carnage case to appear before it on January 3, 2013 to narrate what he found in his probe into the killing case.
Abu Hena Mohammad Yusuf, also an inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), on November 30, 2008, submitted the charge sheets in two cases against 14 top leaders of the banned militant outfit of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), for their alleged involvement in the carnage.
During the traditional celebrations of Bangla New Year 1408 (April 1, 2001) at the Ramna Batamul, a blast killed 10 people and injured 50 others.
One of the cases was filed for killing the people and the other was filed under the Explosives Substances Act in this regard.
Judge Mohammad Anisur Rahman of the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after completion of the cross-examination of Mohammad Fazlul Kabir, an assistant superintendent of Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Eight of the accused, including HuJI chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, now in custody, were produced before it yesterday while Moulana Akbar Hossain, now on High Court bail, was present. Five others, including Moulana Tajuddin, brother of BNP leader Abdus Salam Pintu, have been absconding.
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