CCC mayor, Hazari plead not guilty

The incumbent Chittagong City Corporation Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin and Awami League lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari yesterday claimed themselves innocent before a Chittagong court in an attempted murder case filed 22 years ago.

On January 24, 1993, the then BCL leader Sufian Siddique was attacked at the rally of the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina. Sufian filed the case against 18 people, including the then BCL leader Nasir and Nizam. Police submitted charge sheet against them on March 7, 1993.

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Fifteen of the 18 accused appeared before the court yesterday while three others are absconding.

Public Prosecutor advocate Abul Hasem said statements of 15 witnesses in the case were read out before the accused yesterday. And when asked, the accused refused to give any defence witness, he added.

The complainant of the case on May 28 told the court that he had no allegation against the accused because the incident took place during the tenure of BNP-led government, which "forced him to file the case."