Tribunal receives Holey Artisan attack case docs

Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal in the capital on Sunday received documents, including the charge-sheet, of the case filed over the terrorist attack at Holey Artisan cafe in the city in 2016.

Confirming it, special public prosecutor Golam Sarwar said the chief metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday ordered for sending all the documents to the anti-terrorism Special Tribunal, reports UNB.

Now, the anti-terrorism special tribunal judge Mujibur Rahman will deal with the case.

On 23 July, police pressed charges against eight people in the sensational Holey Artisan cafe attack case.

Those indicted are Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi, Mahmudul Hasan Mizan, Sohel Mahfuz, Rashidul Islam alias Rash, Boro Mizan, Hadisur Rahman Sagar, Mamunur Rashid Ripon and Shariful Islam Khaled.

The law enforcement also recommended acquitting former North South University (NSU) teacher Hasnat Karim of the charge.

Meanwhile, Metropolitan Magistrate Fahad Bin Amin denied bail to him on Thursday.

Hasnat Karim, also a businessman, was rescued along with 12 others during the commando operation at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the city’s Gulshan area on 2 July  following a 12-hour hostage standoff.

Twenty-two people-nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian, one Bangladeshi-born American and two Bangladeshis-were killed in the terror attack on the restaurant on 1 July 2016.