Kotalipara bomb plot to kill Hasina: HC to deliver verdict Feb 17
The High Court will deliver its verdict on February 17 in the case filed over the attempt to kill Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by planting a 76 kg bomb at Kotalipara of Gopalganj in 2000.
The HC bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Badruzzaman today fixed February 17 as the date for delivering verdict after a hearing on the death reference (lower court documents) and appeals of the convicts against the lower court judgement in the case.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, Additional Attorney General Sheikh Md Morshed and Deputy Attorney General Dr Md Bashir Ullah appeared for the state while Amulya Kumar Sarker placed arguments as state defence lawyer for the absconding convicts and lawyers SM Shahjahan, Mohammad Ahsan and Mohammad Nasiruddin stood for the convicts in jail.
During the hearing, Attorney General AM Amin Uddin prayed to the HC to uphold the trial court verdict in the case saying that the convicted accused had committed a very serious and unpardonable offence by planting the 76 kg bomb in a bid to kill PM Sheikh Hasina.
The defence lawyers prayed to the HC to acquit their clients saying that the trial court delivered the verdict on the basis of only the confessional statement made by Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) leader Mufti Abdul Hannan.
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 in Dhaka on August 20, 2017 awarded death sentence to 10 Huji leaders and activists, life imprisonment to one, 14-year jail term to three, and acquitted 10 other accused.
Of them, 13 are in jail while 11 are on the run.
Huji leader Mufti Hannan was found guilty but was acquitted as he was already executed in a separate case.
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