Tarique Rahman, 32 others acquitted in explosives case

A Gazipur court today acquitted 32 people, including BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, in an explosives case filed by Joydebpur police.
Judge Bahauddin Kazi of the Special Tribunal-3 of the 2nd Court of the District and Sessions Judge of Gazipur gave the order after a long hearing, former president of the Gazipur Bar Association and senior lawyer Dr Shahiduzzaman confirmed to The Daily Star.
According to court sources, a parked bus was set on fire in the Khaspara area of ​​​​Monipur in Gazipur Sadar upazila in January 2015.
Over the incident, Joydebpur Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Dilip Chandra Sarkar filed a case against 18 named and 40-45 unidentified accused.
In August that year, Sub-Inspector (SI) Emdadul Haque submitted a charge sheet to the court naming BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and Manjurul Karim Rony, son of former Gazipur City Corporation mayor and late professor MA Mannan.
After a long hearing, the court acquitted all the accused from the case on Sunday as the case was proven to be false.
No lawyer represented the state during the hearing.
However, many lawyers including Dr Shahiduzzaman, Mehedi Hasan Ellis, Anwar Hossain, Nasir Uddin, Shafiqul Alam Milu were present for the defendant.