Arafat Hasan of DOT
A Dhaka court has sentenced two convicts to jail after they surrendered before it in connection with a case filed over the August 21 grenade attack 15 years ago, reported The Daily Star.
The two convicts, then deputy commissioner (East) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Obaidur Rahman Khan and then deputy commissioner (South) of the DMP Khan Sayeed Hassan were on the run since the attack took place on August 21, 2004.
On October 10 last year, another Dhaka court found the duo guilty and sentenced them to four years of imprisonment.
The duo surrendered before court yesterday and sought bail.
Judge Sahed Nuruddin of Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 in Dhaka rejected their bail petitions and sent them to jail around 2:15pm.
A special court in Dhaka on October 10, 2018 delivered the verdicts in the two cases filed over the grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004.
And all the accused, including BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and former top intelligence officials, were found guilty and handed down various punishments for the bombing that killed 24 people and injured scores.
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