26 including Khaleda Zia acquitted from bomb attack case

A Dhaka court has acquitted 26 persons including BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia from a bomb attack case.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman relieved all the accused on Wednesday in the case regarding an attempt to kill former Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan through a bomb attack.

Inspector Abdus Sobhan of the Detective Branch (DB) of police submitted the final report to the court on November 13 as there was no witnesses and evidences against the accused persons.

The other prominent acquitted persons are: BNP Vice Chairman Selima Rahman, Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal Shirin Sultana, former BNP leader Khandkar Mahbubur Rahman and Advocate Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas.

According to the case, hundreds of people led by Shahjahan Khan under the banner of Muktijoddha Parishad assembled in Gulshan area to 'Gherao' the office of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on February 16 in 2015. The accused persons hurled bombs on the gathering.

Ismail Hossain Bachchu, general secretary of Dhaka District Transport Workers' Union, filed a case with police accusing 14 people including Begum Khaleda Zia.