Three new witnesses including two 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 Sadia Islam Swarna, Dr Nadim Mahamud of United Hospital and Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit inspector Shofiuddin Sheikh. After their testimonies, the defence cross-examined them. Judge Md Mujibur Rahman of Dhaka Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal after that adjourned the hearing till August 29.
With these three, the total of number witnesses those have been examined in the case now stands at 100. 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.
