DHAKA, July 23, 2019 (BSS) – Four new prosecution witnesses today
appeared before an anti-terror special court here in a case lodged over 2016
terrorist attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in capital’s Gulshan area.
The witnesses are CID Inspector Prashant Kumar Debnath, Sub-Inspector
Nizam Uddin, Constable Mozahar Ali and Alam Chowdhury, caretaker of the
house, where the militants used to live on rent. The witnesses testified at
the court and later were cross-examined.
Judge Md Mujibur Rahman of Dhaka Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal after
that adjourned the hearing till July 30.
A total of 74 witnesses out of 211 have so far testified in the case.
Militants killed 20 innocent people, most of them foreigners, in the
grisly attack at the cafe on July 1, 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.