Desk Report

A Dhaka court further pushed back to Aug 31 the hearing on the case involving the Aug 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally.

Senior sessions judge Md Azizul Haque announced the new date on Sunday morning as the police reports on four of the eight accused persons, all fugitives, were not submitted..

In the hearing, 13 arrested accused, including BNP leader Abdus Salam Pintu, were brought before the court. Lawyers for accused Arif Hasan Sumon and Rafiqul Islam petitioned the court for bail, which was opposed by public prosecutor Ehsanul Haque Samaji of Dhaka.

The judge refused the bail petition.

The lawyers also filed another petition for withdrawal of the confessional statements of Rafiqul Islam in the court and the judge asked for its record.

Tight security arrangements were put in place on the court premises on Sunday with the deployment of a large number of police.

Samaji was happy with the security arrangements and asked for the same the following day.

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