Attack on Bernicat's convoy: Court seeks probe report by June 4

A Dhaka court today asked detectives to submit by June 4 the investigation report into the case filed over the attack on the convoy of former US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat in August 2018.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashidul Alam passed the order after Detective Branch of police failed to submit its report today.

On December 28 last year, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shahidul Islam ordered further investigation into the case after Public Prosecutor (PP) Md Abdullah Abu submitted an application in this regard.

In the application, the PP said the complainant and five others had earlier given depositions before the court and three of them mentioned the name of Ishtiaque Mahmud, brother-in-law of complainant Badiul Alam Majumdar, as the culprit.

The investigation officer, however, did not include Ishtiaque's name in the charge sheet and so, further investigation is needed to identify the real culprits behind the attack, he said.

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Attack on Marcia Bernicat's convoy: Court orders further probe

On March 1 last year, the court framed charges against the nine -- Firoz Mahmud, Naimul Hasan Rasel, Mir Amzad Hossain Akash, Sazu Islam, Razibul Islam Razu, Shahidul Alam Khan Kajol, Mozahid Azmi Tanna, Siam and Oli Ahmed Jony -- in the case.

Shusashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar filed the case with Mohammadpur Police Station on August 10, 2018, following the attack.

On August 4, 2018, the nine accused, along with some 15 to 20 unidentified people, gathered near the Iqbal Road residence of Badiul Alam and chased Bernicat's car, according to the probe report.

The accused then threw brick chips towards it, the report added.

Later, the accused vandalised the house of the complainant and made death threats to his wife and son, according to the charge sheet.