Sunny, Awal give important clues to Aug 17 blasts
Court Correspondent
The investigation officer (IO) of an August 17 bomb blast case has said JMB Military Commander Ataur Rahman Sunny and its Majlish-e-Shura member Abdul Awal gave important information on the countrywide blasts last year.They will provide more information and disclose names of their accomplices if they are interrogated intensively, said Detective Branch (DB) Inspector Shah Mohammad Moshiur Rahman, the IO, in his forwarding report. The case was filed with Ramna Police Station in connection with the August 17 explosion near the Dhaka University TSC. On expiry of their eight days' remand in connection with the bomb blast near Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on the same day, Sunny and Awal were produced before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Mamun Al Rashid yesterday. The IO sought another seven days' remand for them for further interrogation in the case of Dhaka University campus blast. The court granted the remand. The magistrate asked them whether they would appoint any lawyers to defend them but they remained silent. Earlier, Operations Commander of banned Harkatul Jihad (HuJi) Bangladesh chapter Mufti Abdul Hannan and JMB Gazipur Regional Commander Enayet Ullah were shown arrested in the case and placed on remand for interrogation.
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