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Case on escape of 2 militants from custody, report Aug 20
Court decision
A Dhaka court today set August 20 for submitting probe report in a case filed over the escape of two militants, who have been sentenced to death, from police custody at a Dhaka court.
Earlier, Wednesday was fixed for submitting the report of the case. But the concerned Investigation Officer could not submit it. Allowing a time plea of the prosecution, Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Chanda of Dhaka CMM Court fixed the new date.
Death-row convicts Abu Siddiq Sohel and Moinul Hasan Shamim, members of banned militant outfit Ansar-al Islam, were whisked away by their associates by beating police and spraying some chemical on their eyes at Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court arena on November 20 of last year.
Court Inspector Md Julhash later filed the case with Kotwali Police Station in the capital. - Special Correspondent