Ramna Batamul Cases: HC sets May 8 to deliver verdict
Staff Correspondent
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday set May 8 to deliver its judgment on the death references, appeals and jail appeals of the convicts in the Ramna Batamul bombing cases filed over two decades ago.An HC bench consisting Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasrin Akhter fixed the date.Earlier, on February 18 this year, the court concluded hearings on the death references and appeals, with the verdict pending and expected to be delivered any day.On April 14, 2001, during the Chhayanat’s Bengali New Year celebrations at Ramna Batamul, a bomb blast left nine people dead on the spot. Another died at the hospital later.Two cases – one for murder and another for explosives -- were filed with Ramna Police Station after the incident.Dhaka's Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge ruled on June 23, 2014 in a murder case involving the bomb attack.Eight people, including Mufti Hannan, the top leader of Harkatul Jihad (Huji), were sentenced to death and six to life imprisonment. Mufti Hannan was hanged on April 12, 2017 in a conviction over another grenade attack in Sylhet.
The death references and appeals of the convicts were kept waiting for hearing in the HC.
