Madrasa blast: Mufti Izhar, son charged

Police have submitted a charge sheet against Hifazat-e Islam leader Mufti Izhar, his son Mufti Harun Bin Izhar and three others in a murder case filed over grenade blasts at his Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa where three students were killed in October, 2013.

Investigation Officer and Khulshi police SI Shah Alam has submitted the charge sheet at the prosecution section of a Chittagong court on Wednesday.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Md Rezaul Masud has told the Dhaka Tribune.

The three others charged with the murder are Junaid, Habibur Rahman and Ishak.

Several locally-made grenades were set off at Jamiatul Ulum Al Islamia Madrasa, a Qawmi madrasa headed by Mufti Izhar, on October 7 last year leaving five students injured critically. Later three of them succumbed to their injuries.

On October 10, the police filed three cases in connection with the blast, killing and recovery of picric acid.