An arrest warrant has been issued against 27 BNP men including Shimul Biswas over the Jatrabari sabotage case.
Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court in Dhaka issued the arrest warrant after accepting charges against Khaleda Zia and 37 others accused including the 27 fugitives.
On January 23 2015, this attack killed one person and injured 30 others in Jatrabari.
The investigation officer of the Jatrabari Police Station has been directed to submit a report on the execution of the arrest warrant by July 18.
Jatrabari police filed two cases against 68 BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders – one for murder and another under the Explosives Substances Act. Later, these cases were transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of Police.
The chargesheet of the case stated that the BNP chief planned the arson attack on the passenger bus that left 31 people burnt on January 23 night. One of the victims later died.
BNP leaders MK Anwar, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed, Amanullah Aman, Barkatullah Bulu, Habibunnabi Khan Sohel, Mir Sarafat Ali Sapu, Azizul Bari Helal, Sultan Salauddin Tuku, former BNP lawmaker from Dhaka Salauddin Ahmed, Khaleda’s advisors Khandker Mahbub Hossain and Shawkat Mahmud and press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan are the accused in the case.
