Verdict establishes confidence in independent judiciary system: Quader

Awami League general secretary and also road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said that people's confidence in the independent judiciary system has been further established through the verdict of the Holey Artisan attack case.

The verdict has also proved that the militants have no scope to escape from the government led by Sheikh Hasina, he said.

He continued as saying that the judgement is a blatant signal for those who give shelter of the militants. 

It signaled the establishment of a peaceful future for the people of Bangladesh, he added.

Quader came up with the observations while addressing the District Awami League's triennial conference at the Jessore Eidgah Maidan on Wednesday afternoon.

In the second session of the conference, Shahidul Islam Milon and Shahin Chakladar were made as president and general secretary of the district Awami League respectively.

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.”

on July 1, 2016, militants killed 20 innocent people, most of them foreigners. 

Two police officials - ASP Rabiul Karim and OC Salahuddin Khan - valiantly laid down their lives while trying to save people there. 

Later, five militants - Rohan Ibn Imtiaz, Mir Sameh Mobassher, Nibras Islam, Shafikul Islam alias Uzzal and Khairul Islam alias Payel - were killed in a commando operation led by army personnel.