Ramna Batamul bomb attack: HC verdict on May 8

The High Court has set May 8 to deliver verdict on the death references, appeals and jail appeals of the convicts in the much-talked Ramna Batamul blast case.

The HC bench of Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasrin Akter issued the order on Wednesday (April 30).

Senior lawyers SM Shahjahan, Sarwar Ahmed and Mohammad Shishir Monir stood for the accused while Deputy Attorney General Sultana Akter Rubi represented the state during the hearing in the court.

On April 14, 2001, during the Chhayanat’s Bengali New Year celebrations at Ramna Batamul, a bomb blast left ten people dead.

Two cases—one for murder and another for explosives—were filed with Ramna Police Station after the incident. Dhaka’s Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge ruled on June 23, 2014, in a murder case involving the bomb attack.

Eight people, including Mufti Hannan, the top leader of Harkatul Jihad (Huji), were sentenced to death and six to life imprisonment.

The hearing of death references and appeals of the convicts ended on February 18 this year.