Udichi Bombing Case
Fresh warrants for arrest of six
A Jessore court on Thursday issued fresh arrest warrants against six people among 23 accused who were earlier acquitted in the case for bomb blast at a function of Udichi Shilpi Goshthi at Munshi Meherullah Maidan in Jessore on March 7, 1999.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jessore Mostafizur Rahman issued the warrants in the renewed case for the bomb blast.
The six people against whom arrest warrants were issued are former ward commissioner late Alamgir Mohiuddin, siblings Ahsan Kabir Hasan and Mizanur Rahman who were killed in a crossfire with Rab, Sohrab, Shariful Islam and Mehedi Hasan of Jessore town.
Earlier 17 other accused in the case took bail from the court.
On June 28, 2006 a Jessore court acquitted all the 23 accused in the case due to lack of evidence.
But following the confession of Islamist militant leader Mufti Hannan, the government filed a petition with the High Court against the lower court's judgment after three and a half years.
After hearing, the High Court issued notices to the 23 accused. On June 26, the notices came to the Jessore Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court that sent it to the 23 people on August 3. Seventeen of them responded to the notice and took bail.
The court issued arrest warrant against the six other people who had failed to respond to the notice.
There are no documents of death of the three earlier acquitted people in the court's acknowledgment, court sources said, adding that their names will be withdrawn after getting the police report to this effect.
Ten people were killed and over 100 others injured in two bomb explosions at the cultural function of the last day of 12th national conference of Udichi Shilpi Goshthi at Munshi Meherullah Maidan on March 7, 1999.
On December 14, 2000, the Criminal Investigation Department submitted charge sheet to a Jessore court accusing 24 people including former minister and BNP leader Tariqul Islam. Later, an Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court dropped Tariqul Islam's name.
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