Dhaka, Oct 10 (Just News): A total of 31 accused of August 21 grenade attack cases including former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu have been taken a Dhaka court from Kashimpur High Security Prison in Gazipur as the court is set to deliver its verdict in the cases today.
A prison van carrying them started from the Gazipur jail around 7:00am.
In the broad daylight of August 21, 2004, Islamist militants launched a heinous grenade attack on a rally of the then opposition Awami League at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka.
The attack was carried out according to a meticulously designed plan hatched by some high ranking persons of the then BNP-led government who allegedly conspired to annihilate their political rivals, including their prime target AL President Sheikh Hasina.
The plot failed as Sheikh Hasina survived the attack narrowly because some of her party leaders protected her by forming a human shield around her. However, 24 people were killed, including AL Women Affairs Secretary Ivy Rahman, and over 400 were injured in the grisly attack.
Two cases -- one for murder and another under the Explosive Substances Act -- were filed with Motijheel Police Station.
