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HEARING-CASE-HOLEY ARTISAN
Four cops testify in Holey Artisan attack case
DHAKA, May 20, 2019 (BSS) – Four policemen who rushed to the scene with their
colleagues as militants lay seize to upscale Holey Artisan Caf‚ in capital’s Gulshan
area on July 1, 2016, today testified before an anti-terror special court here in the
case lodged under the anti-terror act over that incident.
The four hero policemen are former inspector (investigation) Wahiduzzaman, sub-
inspector of Bhatara Police Station Faruk Hossain, assistant sub-inspector Sohagh
Hossain and constable Pradip Chandra Das.
Of the four, Wahiduzzaman and Faruk got seriously injured in the grenade blasted by
the militants on that day.
They submitted their depositions before Judge Md Mujibur Rahman of Dhaka Anti-
terrorism Special Tribunal and were cross examined hereafter. The court after that set
May 27 as the next date of hearing.
A total of 40 witnesses out of total 211 have so far testified in the case.
Militants killed 20 innocent people, most of them foreigners, in the grisly attack in
2016. Two police officials valiantly laid down their lives while trying to save people
there. Later, five militants were killed in a commando operation.
Police filed the case under the anti-terror act with Gulshan Police Station. The
trial initiated on November 26, 2018 by framing charges against the eight accused–
Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi, Rakibul Hasan Regan, Rashedul Islam alias Rash, Sohel
Mahfuz, Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan, Hadisur Rahman Sagar, Shariful Islam and
Mamunur Rashid.
BSS/cor/MHR/QC/1432 hrs