'IS cap' issue to be investigated: Law Minister

Law Minister Anisul Haq has said that the cap of the militant outfit IS, which was seen wearing on the head of death-row convict Rakibul Hasan Regan in a Holey Artisan case, will be investigated.

The Minister made the remarks at a press briefing at the Secretariat on Wednesday while responding to the verdict of the Holey Artisan attack case.

The law minister said, “We are satisfied with the verdict. It is also a cause for satisfaction that we have finished the trial proceedings of such a sensational case that shakes the country."

A Dhaka court has sentenced seven people to death for their involvement in the horrific militant attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan in the capital that left 22 people dead.

Judge Md Majibur Rahman of Dhaka Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal pronounced the verdict on Wednesday noon in presence of the accused in the crowded courtroom.

The seven death-row-convicts are – Jahangir Hossain alias Rajib Gandhi, Rakibul Hasan Regan, Rashedul Islam alias Aslam Hossain alias Rash, Abdus Sabur Khan alias Sohel Mahfuz, Hadisur Rahman Sagar, Shariful Islam and Mamunur Rashid.

The tribunal acquitted Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan from the charge framed under section 6 (2) (a) of Anti-Terrorism Act 2009.

The court ordered as saying, “Let them be hanged by the neck till they are dead.”