Satkhira Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 04 Feb 2021 11:33 AM BdST
Updated: 04 Feb 2021 11:33 AM BdST
A Satkhira court has jailed 50 people, including a former BNP lawmaker, for varying terms over an attack on Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade in Satkhira in 2002. );
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Satkhira s Chief Judicial Magistrate Humayun Kabir announced the verdict in the case on Thursday. Among the convicts, 34 were present in court when the judgment was delivered while the 16 others were shown absconding.
All of the accused are activists and workers of the BNP, with the former MP and two others facing 10 years in prison.
On Aug 30, 2002, Awami League chief Hasina went to Satkhira Central Hospital to visit a rape victim who was the wife of a freedom fighter.