Murder attempt on Sheikh Hasina : Verdict on August 20

Staff Correspondent: A tribunal in Dhaka fixed August 20 for its verdict in a case filed for attempting to murder to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Judge Momtaz Begum of Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 passed the order after arguments in the case were concluded on Thursday.

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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