Verdict on Aug 21 grenade case Oct 10

Staff Correspondent: A speedy trial tribunal will deliver its verdict October 10 in a case filed over the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital in 2004.

Judge Shahed Nuruddin of Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 set the date for verdict delivery after hearing the closing arguments for hours at a packed courtroom on Tuesday.

The court also rejected the bail of eight accused and issued an order to send them to jail immediately.

Of the 49 accused in the two cases over the blasts, 23 including former BNP ministers Lutfozzaman Babar and Abdus Salam Pintu, are in jail; eight including three former inspectors general of police are on bail; and 18, including Tarique Rahman, on the run.
At least 24 people were killed and around 300 injured in the grisly attack on an Awami League rally in the capital’s Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004. Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader in parliament, narrowly escaped the attack with an ear injury.


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