A court in the district yesterday recorded testimonies of two witnesses in former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria murder case.
District and Session Judge Court public prosecutor (PP) Advocate Kishore Kumar said Sylhet Special Tribunal had recorded the testimonies of Nazrul Islam and Mizanur Rahman.
The PP said 12 accused including Lutfozzaman Babar, former Minister of Home Affairs, and suspended Sylhet City Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury were produced before the court. Later, they were sent to jail.
The Trial Tribunal Judge Makbul Ahsan yesterday set Today for next hearing.
Kibria, a technocrat minister during the Awami League-led government’s 1996-2001 tenure, and four others were killed in the grenade attack when he was returning to Dhaka after attending a rally in Habiganj on January 27, 2005. Two cases were lodged in connection with the attack.
Thirty-two people including Babar, Ariful and Harkat-ul-Jihad leader Mufti Hannan are accused in the case.
Of the accused, 15 are in jail, eight on bail while nine others are on the run.
The murder case is currently under trial at the Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal.
