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India-Pakistan

Kalash youth extend helping hand to security forces

2023-09-12

[Dawn]: The people of Chitral have hailed the youth of the Shiekhandeh area of Bumburate valley for swiftly carrying ammunition and other paraphernalia of the security forces to the Astoi post located on the border with Afghanistan on the morning of Sept 6 when the militants of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan launched an attack on the security posts here.

Khalilur Rahman, chairman of Bumburate village council, told Dawn that when he came to know about the clash on the morning of that fateful day, he rushed to the Shiekhandeh post of security forces in his village and offered his services. “I was told that replenishment of ammunition and ration to the border post was to be made on an emergency basis.”

Good lad.

“Within a few minutes, about 60 young men assembled in front of the Shiekhandeh post and started carrying boxes of ammunition and sacks of other articles from there to the Astoi post,” he said, adding it took the youth three hours to reach the border post as there is no road up to that post.

He said none of the youth had taken his breakfast when they were asked to reach the Shiekhandeh post. He said the youth set on their journey on a constantly inclined terrain, but their passion and zest defied all the troubles and difficulties. Mr Rahman said the youth was so charged that they made two to three round trips to the post in Astoi without having food, replenishing the personnel with ammunition and other necessary items. “Even firing from the militants didn’t stop them from completing their noble mission.”

The Bumburate village chairman said on the second and third day of the incident, the Kalash people also joined the youth, and about 300 persons took part in carrying the articles up to the post.

Lower Chitral Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali Khan extolled the voluntary services of the residents of Bumburate Valley, especially the youth of Shiekhandeh. He said a special ceremony would be held to recognise the exemplary services rendered by the people of Bumburate.

Meanwhile, tourists have started visiting the Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Birir, and Rumbur as conditions have come to normalcy in the valleys after the skirmishes between the security forces and the TTP militants on the border near Bumburate on Sept 6.

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Bangladesh

Eight to walk to gallows in Natore, Jhenaidah

2018-08-20

[Dhaka Tribune] A NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
re court sentenced five people to death and two others to life-term imprisonment for killing a man in Singra upazila in 2004.

The condemned convicts are: Hafizur Rahman, Bulu, Khalilur Rahman, Majibur Rahman Majid and Monir Hossain. The two others are Abdul Hakim and Nazrul Islam.

Among the convicts, four are absconding.

According to the case, the convicts picked up farmer Abdul Kader Dudu from his house on February 3, 2004 due to a previous feud.

They gunned Kader down and stabbed him to death at a local market.

The victim’s wife filed a murder case with Singra cop shoppe the following day.

After examining all the records and witnesses, NATOre Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Saifur Rahman Siddiq handed down the verdict on Sunday.

In Jhenaidah, a local court sentenced three men to death for murdering a college student named Imran Hossain in 2011.

Jhenaidah First Additional District and Sessions Judge Golam Azam announced the verdict Sunday morning.

The death-row convicts are: Imran Hossain, Nasim Biwsas, and Monirul Islam Mukul. They were also fined Tk20,000 each.

Mukul is currently in hiding.

Another suspect in case, Zakir Hossain, was acquitted of the charges.

According to the case, Imran, from Laudia village in the district’s Sadar upazila, went missing after leaving his friends at a village tea stall for his home on his cycle of violence.

His body was found near a pond in Shikarpur village a day later.

His father Nazrul Islam filed a case naming several unidentified people as suspects with Jhenaidah Sadar cop shoppe.

Police submitted a report naming four suspects in 2012.

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Africa Subsaharan

3 'robbers' lynched in Barisal

2015-07-14

[Dhaka Tribune] Three alleged robbers were beaten to death by a mob at Baherchar in Hizla, Barisal in the early hours of yesterday.

The dear departed were identified as Miraz Molla, Harun Bepari of Khulna and Hanif Sardar of Hizla upazila.

Golam Sarwar, officer-in-charge of Hizla cop shoppe, said local people caught three robbers around 3am while they were allegedly taking preparation to commit robbery at the village.

Sensing their presence,
My spider sense! It's tingling again! To arms! Aux barricades!
villagers caught them and then gave them a good beating, leaving the three dead on the spot. Police recovered five sharp weapons and the bodies from the spot in the morning.

The lynched victims were members of dacoit gang 'Yusuf Sardar Bahini', said Khalilur Rahman, chairman Barojalia union parishad, adding that Yusuf Sardar was also lynched by a mob on May 17.

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Bangladesh

59 crude bombs recovered from Banglabazar

2014-03-11

[Dhaka Tribune] At least 59 crude bombs along with huge number of publications of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
were recovered from a book store in the capital's Banglabazar last night.

Sutrapur police made the seizure at "Imaniyat." Owner Abul Hasan was also nabbed
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
, OC Khalilur Rahman Paywary told the Dhaka Tribune.

He said: "Acting on a tip-off, we raided the store on Brookline Road in Banglabazar around 8pm and found the crude bombs, huge number of leaflets, posters and banners."

Khalilur said the book store was run by pro-Jamaat people, who preserved the explosives for carrying out subversive activities, the OC said adding that the detainee was an active member of the Jamaat.

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Bangladesh

42 Jamaat-Shibir men detained

2012-11-12

[Bangla Daily Star] Police have jugged
Please don't kill me!
42 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
in the last two days across the country on charges of creating chaos and attacking law enforcers.

Ten activists were nabbed in Chapainawabganj, eight in Naogaon, nine in Chandpur and 15 in Jessore.

The nine Chandpur activists, jugged on Saturday night, were sent to jail yesterday.

Police filed two cases with Chandpur Model Police Station yesterday, accusing 250-300 Jamaat-Shibir activists of the same charges, our Chandpur correspondent reports.

The activists, who were cooled in Chapainawabganj and Naogaon, were planning acts of sabotage, said Chapainawabganj police.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pool hall, Peoria Slim had found another sucker...
Jamaat and Shibir have called a dawn-to-dusk hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
in Joypurhat today following the death of Shibir activist Badiuzzaman. He was hit by a bullet during a clash with police in the capital on November 5.

Badiuzzaman, 22, was from Joypurhat. He died at Islami Bank Central Hospital in the capital on Saturday morning.

Besides, 27 Jamaat men, including Panchagarh district nayeb-e-ameer and sadar upazila Chairman Abdul Khalek, have been sent to jail in a case filed for beating Chhatra League
... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ...
and Jubo League
... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League...
activists.

In Noakhali, 26 Jammat leaders and activists were placed on one day's remand yesterday. Chief Judicial Magistrate SM Zakir Hasan passed the order following a remand prayer from police, reports our Noakhali correspondent.

Habiganj unit of Bangladesh Chhatra league brought out a procession in the district town yesterday, protesting against a threat to kill its district President Mostafa Kamal Azad. BCL alleged Shibir's Sylhet district President Khalilur Rahman made the death threat by phone on Friday.

Our RU correspondent said BCL activists allegedly beat and ousted eight students from the Madar Baksh Hall of Rajshahi University on Saturday night, suspecting their links with Islami Chhatra Shibir.

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Bangladesh

Hartal today

2012-09-23

[Bangla Daily Star]

Twelve like-minded Islamist parties called a countrywide daylong hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
for today following festivities with police for around an hour near the Jatiya Press Club yesterday.

The festivities erupted around 11:15am when activists of the parties tried to bring out a procession, violating a ban on demonstrations there, to protest against the screening of a film and publication of a cartoon demeaning Prophet Hazrat Muhammad ((PTUI!)) abroad.

The clash left at least 100 people including 30 law enforcers injured.

The protesters set alight five vehicles including a police van and vandalised more than 15 others.

Transport movement in the area halted for over three hours causing panic and public sufferings.

During the festivities, the protesters armed with sticks, threw brickbats at the law enforcers while the coppers lobbed teargas canisters, charged truncheons and fired bullets to disperse them.

Police also tossed in the slammer
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
around 50 people.

Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan Ameer Maulana Shah Ahmadullah Ashraf and its Assistant Organising Secretary Fakhrul Islam and Islami Oikya Jote
... a political party in Bangladesh. In the 2001 elections the party won 2 out of 300 elected members in an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It has a focus on building an islamic state, and has used the madrassas to gain support...
Secretary General Abdul Latif Nejami were among the arrestees.

The arrestees also include Vice-President Khalilur Rahman of Dhaka city Jubo Dal and activists of Kotwali and Lalbagh unit of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of opposition party BNP.

Syed Nurul Islam, deputy commissioner of Ramna division, said as there was a ban imposed by the DMP on any kind of rally or procession, they resisted the protesters when they tried to violate the ban.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed the open-ended ban on demonstrations in Paltan, Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, Kakrail, Dainik Bangla intersection, Bijoynagar and adjacent areas from 5:00pm Friday.

The ban was imposed after two rival Islamist organizations announced rallies at the same place yesterday.

Witnesses said the leaders and activists of the 12 Islamist parties assembled inside the press club premises around 9:30am and held demonstrations there protesting the anti-Islam film and cartoon.

The activists tried to come out of the press club in a procession when police obstructed them. At one stage, some protesters started hurling brick chips at the police while others clashed with the law enforcers halting traffic on the road.

The demonstrators torched a cycle of violence of a newsman parked at the press club, a police van in front of it and two others on the road.

Secretary general of the 12 Islamist parties Moulana Jafrullah Khan announced the hartal from a short rally inside the Jatiya Press Club later on.

Deputy Commissioner Nurul Islam said Moulana Jafrullah had instigated the violation of the ban.

"We tried to persuade them not to bring out the procession but they paid no heed. Rather, they launched an attack on us prompting us to retaliate," the DC added.

He said they were forced to lob 70 teargas canisters and fire two shells of shotguns in the air and arrest "around 40" agitators.

He claimed, "Mainly Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
men had led the attack and vandalism while around 1,200 BNP men posing as members of Pintu Mukti Gay Pareehad, who were on the press club premises, also took part in the violence."

In the morning, pro-BNP Chhatra Dal and Jubo Dal men held a rally at the press club auditorium demanding release of former BNP politician Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu.

BNP leaders Mirza Abbas and Amanullah Aman addressed the rally.

Police were deployed at the press club as of 8:10pm.

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Bangladesh

Plot hatched in Hawa Bhaban meetings

2011-04-08

[Bangla Daily Star] Mufti Hannan in a confessional statement disclosed the involvement of Hawa Bhaban and some former BNP ministers and intelligence officials in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack on an Awami League rally.

Harkat-ul Jihad (HuJI
Founded in 1984 by Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Qari Saifullah Aktar. The Bangla branch was established in 1992 with assistance from Osama bin Laden. Recruits come mostly from Deobandi madrassahs. HuJI and Fazlur Rehman Khalil are signators of bin Laden's declaration of war on the west.
) leader Mufti Mohammad Abdul Hannan made the fresh confessional statement before a Dhaka court yesterday about the attack that left Ivy Rahman, wife of President Zillur Rahman, dead along with 23 others and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina maimed. At least 300 others were also injured.

On October 27, 2009, The Daily Star published an investigative report on the attack. The report disclosed the chilling conspiracy that was hatched in Hawa Bhaban.

Hannan, prime accused in the case, on November 1, 2007, made a confessional statement but Criminal Investigation Department moved for a new confessional statement following revaluations of more information through investigation.

First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan recorded yesterday's statement for over five hours from 4:00pm.

Sources in the CID said in the first confessional statement Hannan admitted carrying out the attack but in the new statement he said the attack was planned in meetings held at the Hawa Bhaban.

Hawa Bhaban was widely regarded as the alternative powerhouse of the then BNP-led coalition government.

Hannan said the meetings were held in presence of some then BNP ministers and businessmen close to BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami top brass.

However,
The emphatic However...
the CID sources declined to disclose names of the people Hannan mentioned.

Hannan said runaway Maulana Tajuddin, brother of jugged former BNP deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu, had coordinated the attackers and the people of different agencies who aided them.

In the first confessional statement, Hannan said they had smuggled in the grenades from Afghanistan, where Hannan had joined the Mujahideens to fight against the Soviets in the 1980s.

Now he says that the grenades came from Pakistain via Chittagong.

In the first statement, Hannan said they planned the attack in a Badda house in the capital a few days ahead. He had said around 12 hard boyz carried out the attack.

He had said they wanted to kill Sheikh Hasina because she had slapped a ban on religious edict when she was in power, the sources added.

CID Special Superintendent Abdul Kahar Akand, investigation officer of the case, declined to make any comment on the new statement of Hannan.

So far, 12 accused have given confessional statements admitting their involvement in the attack. They are Mufti Hannan, his brother Mohibullah alias Mafizur Rahman alias Ovi, Sharif Shahidul Islam alias Bipul, Maulana Abu Sayeed alias Abu Zafar, Abul Kalam Azad alias Bulbul, Arif Hossain, Rafiqul Islam Sabuj and Jahangir Alam, Islamic Democratic Party leader Sheikh Abdus Salam, Pakistain based LeT leader Abdul Majid alias Yusuf Butt, LeT leader Abdul Malek alias Golam Mohammad and Abdur Rouf.

The eight absconding accused are Pintu's brothers Maulana Tajuddin and Maulana Liton, Anisul Mursalin and his brother Mahibul Muttakin, Iqbal, Maulana Abu Bakar alias Selim Howlader, Jahangir Alam Badar and Khalilur Rahman.

On June 11, 2008, the CID submitted a charge sheet accusing 22 people, including top HuJI leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and BNP leader and former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu.

But the court asked police for further investigation into the attack to find out the sources of the grenades used in the attack, the suppliers of the grenades and also to unfold the mystery behind defusing the unwent kaboom! grenades soon after recovery.

During the rule of BNP-led coalition government, the then Sherlocks allegedly staged a drama to mislead the investigation and protect the real culprits.

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Bangladesh

Fresh attack on Ahmadiyyas

2010-10-20

[Bangla Daily Star] Two Ahmadiyyas were seriously injured and four houses vandalised in a fresh attack on the Ahmadiyya Mohammedan Jamaat community by religious bigots in Ghatail upazila of Tangail on Monday afternoon.

The injured, Shamsul Haque Akanda, 60, and his wife Hasna Banu, 50, of Chandtara village of the upazila were taken to Tangail General Hospital. Hasna was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) a few hours later as her conditions became more critical.

"About 12 to 15 hard boyz led by one Sattar stormed into our house at 5:00pm and attacked us with sharp weapons," Shamsul Haque told The Daily Star as he lay on his hospital bed.

"They also ransacked three other adjacent houses of our community," he added.

Mominur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Ghatail Police Station, said Hasan Ali, son of the injured couple, has filed a case in this regard accusing 15 people though none have been jugged so far.

"Additional police personnel have been deployed at the village," he added.

Earlier, in June and August this year, 20 people were maimed and 30 houses including a makeshift mosque were damaged in a series of attacks by the bigots centering construction of an Ahmadiyya mosque in Chandtara village.

Following the attack and looting incidents in August, Khalilur Rahman Akanda, a long-suffering Ahmadiyya of the village, filed a case accusing 56 locals of harassing members of his community.

"Since filing the case, the accused had been threatening the local Ahmadiyyas saying that they will attack us again once they got bail," said Rubel Hossain Akanda, nephew of the injured couple.

"Of the accused, 55 surrendered in a Tangail court and got bail," he added.

A section of locals under the banner of "Imam Parishad" have long been campaigning against 40 Ahmadiyya families in the village.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the movement Ahmadiyya Mohammedan Jama'at on March 23, 1889, envisioning it to be a revitalisation of Islam. Ahmadiyyas consider themselves as Mohammedans and claim to practice Islam in its pristine form.

Whereas "real" Muslims in pius Muslim countries know the Ahmadiyyas are nothing but bloody heretics so far gone they've taken themselves into kufr territory, and are therefore nothing more than sheep for shearing/grain for harvesting/apostates for killing. It's only here in Dar Al Harb that the Ahmadiyyas can consider themselves as Muslim as the rest... and even go door to door explaining that violent jihad is not an inherently Muslim trait.

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India-Pakistan

Pak Chief Justice: 'Parliament with unlimited powers could secularise state'

2010-08-17

[Dawn] The Supreme Court was hearing petitions challenging the 18th Amendment on Monday, DawnNews reported.

A 17-judge full court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, was hearing petitions challenging certain clauses in the Amendment. During the hearing, the federation lawyer said that the parliament's powers were limitless.

Responding to that, Chief Justice Iftikhar said that limitless powers could secularise the country. Moreover, Justice Khalilur Rahman Ramday said that the parliament did not have limitless powers.

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Bangladesh

1 wounded in gunfight with Banglapirates

2010-02-06

[Bangla Daily Star] A boatman received bullet injuries in a gunfight between police and pirates in Chandpai range of East Sundarbans Forest Division Thursday afternoon.

Injured Khalilur Rahman, 36, is undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital.

Sources said a police team led by SP Mizanur Rahman of Bagerhat was patrolling Harbaria Nandabala canal area in the range on information about a planned robbery.

Sensing their presence, a band of pirates started shooting at the law enforcers around 3:00pm.

The police and pirates had exchanged at least 800 rounds of bullet during the four-hour gunfight before the pirates finally retreated.
800 rounds and one guy gets hit? Sounds like an episode of "The A-Team"...

Quantity has its own quality, 'tis said.

Khalilur, who was driving a motorboat carrying the police team, was shot in the neck.

Four persons have been arrested in this connection. They are Alam Gazi, Tuku, Ronny, sons of Abdul Hamid of Joymoni village under Mongla upazila, and Alam Sheikh, son of Yousuf Sheikh South Chila village under the same upazila.

A number of bullet-proof jackets, security guard uniforms, three engine boats, 20 bullets, 200 shells of cartridges, two 21-inch televisions, a laud-speaker and a pair of binoculars were recovered from the spot.

The pirates reportedly belonged to infamous Zulfikar Bahini.

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Bangladesh

Grenades delivered from Pintu's house

2009-10-09

[Bangla Daily Star] Detained former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu admitted that the Arges grenades used in the August 21 blast were delivered from his Dhanmondi government residence.

Additional Superintendent of CID and investigation officer (IO) of the case Abdul Kahar Akond said this in his forwarding report yesterday. But he did not mention who delivered those grenades from the BNP leader's residence and to whom they were handed over.

The report also said Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) members held a meeting at his (Pintu) residence before blasting grenades on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 that left 23 people dead and a number of people injured.

The BNP leader during the last three days' remand admitted that his brother Maulana Tajuddin, a Huji member, had supplied the grenades used in the attack, the IO said.

IO Akond added Pintu needs to be remanded to identify those who had supplied the Arges grenades to the Huji members.

CID produced Pintu and Huji member Maulana Abu Taher before court on completion of their three-day remand. They sought further seven-day remand only to interrogate Pintu.

But Metropolitan Magistrate Syeda Minhaz Um Munira fixed October 11 for hearing on the remand prayer, as the prosecution failed to place case diary yesterday.

The court also ordered to send the two arrestees to the Dhaka Central Jail and directed the jail authorities to produce Pintu before the court on scheduled date.

On August 3, a Dhaka court ordered further investigation into the August 21 attack stating the probe conducted earlier could not identify the collectors and suppliers of the grenades.

The CID, which misdirected the investigation during BNP-led government, finally pressed charges in June last year accusing Pintu and 21 Huji members including its top leader Mufti Abdul Hannan.

The eight absconding accused in the case are Pintu's brothers Tajuddin and Maulana Liton, Anisul Mursalin and his brother Mahibul Muttakin, Iqbal, Maulana Abu Bakar alias Selim Howlader, Jahangir Alam Badar and Khalilur Rahman.

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Bangladesh

Pintu, Taher remanded again

2009-10-02

[Bangla Daily Star] BNP leader and former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu and Harkatul Jihad (Huji) member Maulana Abu Taher were placed on remand to identify collectors and suppliers of Arges grenades used in the August 21 carnage on Bangabandhu Avenue.

Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Shahadat Hossain placed Pintu and Taher on three-day remand each as Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday produced them before his court with separate remand prayers.

The CID sought ten-day remand for Pintu and five-day remand for Taher even though they were taken on different terms of remand for interrogation.

Defence lawyers Masud Ahmed Talukder and Sanaullah Miah filed petitions for cancelling the remand prayers saying the prosecution submitted fresh remand prayers to harass their clients and implicate several BNP leaders.

After hearing both sides, the court rejected the defence's prayer and placed the accused on fresh remand.

The remand prayers came following a further investigation into the case filed by the prosecution on June 25 this year to trace suppliers of Arges grenade that were used in the attack on August 21, 2004.

In the forwarding report, newly appointed investigation officer Additional Superintendent of Police Abdul Kahar Akond said they need to remand the accused to find out clues when and why they held a meeting at Pintu's government residence before committing the offences.

On August 3, a Dhaka court ordered further investigation into the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally, stating that the probe conducted earlier could not identify the collectors and suppliers of grenades.

The court also ordered the inspector general of police to conduct the investigation and submit the report to the court within two months.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina had narrowly escaped the attack but 23 of her party leaders and workers died and over 300 were injured.

The eight absconding accused are Pintu's brothers Tajuddin and Maulana Liton, Anisul Mursalin and his brother Mahibul Muttakin, Iqbal, Maulana Abu Bakar alias Selim Howlader, Jahangir Alam Badar and Khalilur Rahman.

The CID, which had misdirected the investigation during BNP-Jamaat-led four-party rule, finally pressed charges in June last year accusing Pintu and 21 Huji members including its top leader Mufti Abdul Hannan.

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