A Chittagong court yesterday accepted the charge sheet pressed against Hefazat-e-Islam Nayeb-e-Ameer Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury, his son Harun Izhar and seven others in a case regarding blasts the Lalkhan Bazar madrasa in the port city on October 7 last year.
After taking the charge sheet into cognisance, Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions’ Judge SM Mojibur Rahman fixed March 27 for holding a hearing on the charge framing matter in the explosives case, Omar Fuad, bench assistant of the court, said.
Khulshi police submitted the charge sheet to the court on February 10.
During the order, seven of the accused were produced before the court. An accused is on the run while another is on bail, he said.
At least three people were killed and several others injured in the explosions that took place at a dormitory of Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Madrasa, of which Mufti Izhar is the principal, around 11am on October 7 last year. Later police recovered three hand grenades, huge materials for making grenades and 18 bottles of picric acid used to amplify the magnitude of explosion. Three cases including one for murder were lodged with Khulshi police.