Plot to murder Sheikh Hasina : 10 get death sentence

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has sentenced 10 people to death in two cases filed over attempted murder of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Judge Momtaz Begum of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 passed the order on Sunday noon.

Earlier, on August 10, the court fixed (August 20) Sunday for pronouncement of Judgement on completion of arguments of both prosecution and defence sides.

The court examined 68 witnesses out of the total 83.

Police recovered a powerful bomb weighing 76 kilograms from near the ground of Sheikh Lutfor Rahman Ideal College of Gopalganj's Kotalipara on July 20, 2000 while preparing a pandal of rally where Sheikh Hasina was set to attend.

Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to attend the rally on July 22, 2000.

Later a case was filed in this connection. CID on April 08, 2001 pressed charges against 10 accused including Mufti Abdul Hannan.



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