Dhaka, May 20 – The Anti-Terror Special Court of Dhaka yesterday recorded the depositions of four policemen in the case lodged under the Anti-terror Act over the grisly militant attack at the city’s Holey Artisan Bakery in 2016.
Later, Judge Md Mujibur Rahman of the court fixed May 27 as the next date for hearing in the case.
The policemen are- Banani Police Station’s the then inspector (Investigation) Wahiduzzaman, Bhatara Police Station’s SI Faruque Hossain, same police station’s ASI Shohag Hossain
Militants killed 20 people, most of them were foreigners. They were killed in the attack carried out on July 1, 2016. Two police officials laid down their lives while trying to save people there.
Later, five militants were killed in a commando operation. Police filed the case under the Anti-terror Act with Gulshan Police Station. The trial initiated on November 26,