Police said the accused are leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organisations.
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A Dhaka court today (15 September) sent seven more accused to jail in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over alleged crude bomb blasts and sabotage in the capital’s Gulshan area.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the order following a police petition, said Moktar Hossain, a sub-inspector of the prosecution department.
The accused are Mirza Mokhlesur Rahman, 72, Mirza Arzu, 42, Md Shahidul Islam, 40, Md Mosharraf Hossain, 60, Moktaar Hossain, 44, Md Anwar Hossain Ana, 46, and Bayzid Islam, 56.
Police said all seven are leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organisations.
Gulshan Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Ruhul Amin, the investigation officer, produced the accused before the court and sought an order to keep them in jail.
In the petition, police said the accused admitted their involvement during questioning and that the initial investigation had found evidence supporting the allegations. Their identities and addresses were also being verified.
Police said separate remand petitions would be submitted to question the accused further.
The seven were arrested from different parts of the capital on 14 September.
On 12 September, a court placed 24 accused on 10-day remand in the same case. Nine others were sent to jail on Sunday (13 September), followed by another nine on Monday (14 September).
According to the case statement, leaders and activists of various affiliated organisations of the Awami League, whose activities have been suspended, and the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League gathered in the Gulshan Police Station area around 11:45am on 11 September.
The gathering was allegedly organised to chant anti-government and anti-state slogans, create disorder and carry out activities aimed at undermining the image of the elected government and putting it in a difficult position, the statement said.
It further alleged that crude bombs were exploded in and around the area, creating panic among the public.
The statement alleged that members of a banned organisation carried out the explosions with the intention of damaging the government’s image and causing damage to state property and people’s lives and property.
When police attempted to disperse the gathering, the accused allegedly threw crude bombs at them. Police later fired two rounds of rubber bullets to bring the situation under control, prompting the group to disperse and flee, according to the case statement.
Police seized five crude bombs from the scene.
Gulshan Police Station Sub-Inspector Mohammad Mahbub Hossain filed the case under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The case names 118 people as accused, along with another 80–100 unidentified individuals.
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