50 BNP workers jailed over 2002 attack on Hasina s convoy
After 19 years, a court on Thursday sentenced 50 Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) workers, including MP Habibul Islam
| 5 Feb 2021 4:49 AM GMT
DHAKA: After 19 years, a court on Thursday sentenced 50 Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) workers, including MP Habibul Islam Habib, over the 2002 attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina s convoy in Satkhira. The verdict was given by HumayunKabir, Chief Judicial Magistrate of the Satkhira court.
During the verdict on Thursday, 34 accused out of 50 were present before the court. All the accused are activists and workers of the BNP, with Habib and two others facing 10 years in prison.