Thursday, June 12th, 2008Charges were finally pressed yesterday in the sensational August 21 grenade attack case against 22 persons including top Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and BNP leader and former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu.The development came after years of drama during the rule of coalition government led by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami over investigation into the grisly attacks on an Awami League (AL) rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in 2004.The top brass of the then government had even said that the attack was not meant to kill AL chief Sheikh Hasina.Investigators of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have, however, found now that ...
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