14 militants including ringleader charged for bomb blast in Bangladesh www.chinaview.cn 2009-04-16 19:21:16
DHAKA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A court in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka Thursday framed charges against 14 militants of a banned Islamist outfit including its ringleader for their involvement in a bomb blast case in Dhaka in 2001.
Public Prosecutor of the case Abdullah Abu told Xinhua on Thursday, judge ANM Bashir Ullah of the Court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge in Dhaka framed charges including murder against all the 14 people of the banned Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HUJI).
He said the judge also rejected the discharge petition submitted by the chief of the Islamist outfits Mufti Abdul Hannan and others.
Abu said the charge sheets noted that the HUJI members led by Hannan planned, carried and exploded bombs in Ramna Park in Dhaka where thousands of people gathered to celebrate Bengali New Year on April 14, 2001.
The bomb blast left at least eight people killed and many more others injured at the main Bengli new year celebration program.
The country's Criminal Investigation Department on Dec. 30 last year pressed charges against Fuji chief Hannan, who is now under custody, and 13 others for committing the tragic incident.
Earlier in another case, Hannan and two others were sentenced to death for grenade attack on a British envoy in the country's northern Sylhet city in 2004. Following Hannan's appeal, however, the order of death sentence remained pending with the country's High Court.
Public Prosecutor of the case Abdullah Abu told Xinhua on Thursday, judge ANM Bashir Ullah of the Court of Metropolitan Sessions Judge in Dhaka framed charges including murder against all the 14 people of the banned Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HUJI).
He said the judge also rejected the discharge petition submitted by the chief of the Islamist outfits Mufti Abdul Hannan and others.
Abu said the charge sheets noted that the HUJI members led by Hannan planned, carried and exploded bombs in Ramna Park in Dhaka where thousands of people gathered to celebrate Bengali New Year on April 14, 2001.
The bomb blast left at least eight people killed and many more others injured at the main Bengli new year celebration program.
The country's Criminal Investigation Department on Dec. 30 last year pressed charges against Fuji chief Hannan, who is now under custody, and 13 others for committing the tragic incident.
Earlier in another case, Hannan and two others were sentenced to death for grenade attack on a British envoy in the country's northern Sylhet city in 2004. Following Hannan's appeal, however, the order of death sentence remained pending with the country's High Court.
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