Supreme Court Bar Council president Khandakar Mahbub Hossain has called for shifting the August 21 grenade attack case to the High Court as per penal code. 'We urge the government to shift the case to the High Court Division Bench according to penal code. If it is not done, people will never accept the trial,' he told a press conference at the BNP central office on Friday.
Mahbub said the court had earlier received statements from 61 witnesses of the August 21 grenade attack case, but the present government has reinvestigated the case.
'After reinvestigation, the supplementary charge sheet was submitted to the court implicating many BNP leaders, including its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and Lutfozzaman Babar in it,' he said.
He said many Awami League leaders have been issuing statements on the August 21 grenade attack case, which would create barrier to getting the justice. 'We want justice. The people never accept the trial in the name of a staged managed drama,' he added.
Mahbub also adviser to the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, urged the AL leaders not to issue the statements that would influence the judiciary.
He said the government would have to keep it in mind that the present government was not the last government; many governments came to power in the past and had gone away.
'Ayub and Ershad regimes were compelled to quit power in the past. Even powerful political leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had also gone,' he said.
Replying to a question, the SCBA president said according to rule, the complex and important cases could be shifted to the High Court so people could have trust on the trial.
Source : New Age
