6 out of 10 cases await final report

Meanwhile, police arrested Obaidullah Prodhania, 25, one of the accused in the case of bomb attack on Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Biplob Goswami, in Chandpur Thursday evening.

Police have already submitted charge sheets in two of the rest four cases while they will submit charge sheets in two others this week. Sylhet police got a time extension for the submission, the police official told The Daily Star.

Deputy Inspector General of Sylhet police Syed Shah Zaman Raj yesterday told The Daily Star that the progress of investigation into the blast cases is comparatively good in Sylhet.

Mohsin Khan and Abdul Hai, Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activists and teachers of Sengram Madrasa in Jaintapur upazila, are the two main accused in the charge sheets, while police are also looking for JMB cadres Delwar and Murad.

According to the confessional statements of Mohsin and Hai, Mohsin and Delwar blasted bombs on the court premises while Murad and Hai in Ambarkhana area.

Delwar's name also came in the statement of Akhtar Hossain, another JMB cadre who attacked the speedy trial tribunal judge.

Sylhet police made a number of attempts to arrest Delwar but failed.

Police caught Obaidullah from Bishnupur area of Chandpur and brought him to Sylhet yesterday morning on the basis of Akhtar Hossain's statement. Police will produce Obaidullah before the magistrate's court today and pray for his remand, a police official said yesterday afternoon.