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10 witnesses testify in Holey Artisan attack case


Bangladeshpost
Published : 20 Aug 2019 08:31 PM | Updated : 27 Aug 2020 04:24 AM

Ten new witnesses including four doctors on Tuesday testified before an anti-terror special court here in a case lodged over 2016 terrorist attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in capital’s Gulshan area, reports BSS.

The witnesses are: Dr Masum Billah, Dr Aminul Hasan, Dr Ershadullah, Dr AKM Abdullah Al Masud, additional superintendent of police Md Sattar, additional superintendent of police Abu Taher Faruki, inspector Jamal Uddin, inspector Sheikh Nazrul Islam, inspector Masud Siddiqui and CID assistant DNA analyst Nusrat Yasmin . The witnesses later were cross-examined by the defence counsels.

Judge Md Mujibur Rahman of Dhaka Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal after that adjourned the hearing till August 27. A total of 97 witnesses out of 211 have so far testified in the case. Militants killed 20 innocent people, most of them foreigners, in the grisly attack at the cafe on July 1, 2016. Two police officials valiantly laid down their lives while trying to save people there. Later, five militants were killed in a commando operation. 

Police filed the case under the anti-terror act with Gulshan Police Station. The trial initiated on November 26, 2018 by framing charges against the eight accused-Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi, Rakibul Hasan Regan, Rashedul Islam alias Rash, Sohel Mahfuz, Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan, Hadisur Rahman Sagar, Shariful Islam and Mamunur Rashid.