Fakhrul, 64 others acquitted in cocktail blast case

A Dhaka court has acquitted BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the party's Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas in the cocktail blast case filed at the capital's Ramna Model Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Thursday (August 21), after accepting the final report of the investigation agency.

The acquitted BNP leaders also include Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Barkat Ullah Bulu, Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Joynal Abedin Farook, Engineer Ishraq Hossain and Nasir Uddin Ashim.

According to case documents, police filed the case on October 31, 2023, over cocktail blasts in the capital centering BNP's grand rally on October 28.

The investigation officer later filed final reports in two separate cases over the incidents on October 21, 2024.

The court today accepted the final report in the explosives case and acquitted all accused.