The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court today (4 December) acquitted BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 25 others in an attempt to murder case.
Metropolitan Magistrate of the court Sharifur Rahman relieved all the accused including BNP chairperson as police submitted the final report of the case regarding an attempt to murder former shipping minister Shahjahan Khan.
The other prominent acquitted persons are BNP Vice-Chairman Selima Rahman, Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal Shirin Sultana, former BNP leader Khandkar Mahbubur Rahman and Advocate Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas.
According to the case, hundreds of people led by Shahjahan Khan under the banner of Muktijoddha Parishad assembled in Gulshan area to ‘Gherao’ the office of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on 16 February 2015. The accused persons hurled bombs at the gathering.
Ismail Hossain Bachchu, general secretary of Dhaka District Transport Workers’ Union, filed a case with police accusing 14 people including Begum Khaleda Zia.
Inspector Abdus Sobhan of the Detective Branch of police submitted final report to the court on 13 November as there was no witnesses and evidences against the accused persons.
