HC sets May 8 to deliver verdict in Ramna Batamul bomb attack case

The High Court has set May 8 to deliver its verdict in the case over the 2001 bomb attack on the Chhayanaut Bengali New Year event at Dhaka’s Ramna Batamul.

The bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akter set the date on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.

On Feb 18, the High Court had kept the case curia advisari vult – meaning under consideration – after hearing the death references and appeals from the suspects following the trial court’s verdict.

The case was on the cause list for Wednesday, and the date was subsequently set.

Lawyers SM Shahjahan and Sarwar Ahmed represented the defence while lawyer Md Shishir Manir accompanied by Zayed Bin Amjad stood for two of the defendants.

Deputy Attorney General Sultana Akhter and Assistant Attorney General Md Asif Imran represented the state.

Militants conducted a bomb attack on the Pohela Boishakh event put on by cultural institution Chhayanaut at Dhaka’s Ramna Batamul in 2001, killing 10 people. An investigation found that the attack was carried out by a fundamentalist group in an attempt to strike at the core of Bangladesh’s non-communal spirit.