Habiganj Serial Blast Cases
Deposition of PWs deferred for absence of an accused
Deposition of prosecution witnesses (PWs) in the cases for serial blasts in Habiganj town in 2005 was yesterday deferred to March 21 as police could not produce one of the accused in the Court of Joint District and Sessions Judge.
Court sources said JMB activist Salah Uddin alias Salehin, one of the six accused in the cases, was in the capital in connection with another case.
Judge Faruque Ahmed, however, fixed March 21 for recording the statements of the PWs, sources said.
Five other accused--outlawed JMB chief Maulana Saidur Rahman, his son and JMB's IT chief AHM Shamim, JMB activists Belal Hossain alias Tamim, Azizul Islam alias Azizul, and Hafez Huzaifa alias Obaidulla --were produced in the court.
Five cases were filed with Habiagnj Sadar Police Station immediately after the blasts in Habiganj town on August 17 in 2005.
After investigation, police pressed charges against Maulana Saidur, his son Shamim and five other JMB men. The cases were transferred to the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal, Sylhet, for trial in August 2010.
As the trial of the cases could not be completed within the stipulated time, these were sent back to Habiganj District and Sessions Judge's court recently.
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