Police in Kishoreganj have pressed charges against 23 people in terror attack at the Sholakia Eid congregation in 2016.
The charge sheet was filed with the court on Wednesday, said Kishoreganj Superintendent of Police Mashrukur Rahman Khaled.
“The investigation took longer as it was a sensitive case. All of the 23 people charged were involved with several terror attacks in Bangladesh. Eighteen of them have been killed during anti-terror raids while the remaining five are behind the bars,” he told a media briefing.
On the morning of Jul 7 2016, when Muslims in Bangladesh were celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr, militants carried out a suicide attack near Sholakia Eid prayer ground, killing four people.
Two policemen and a suspected militant, Abir Rahman, died on the scene while one housewife died after a stray bullet hit her in his house in the same neighbourhood. Eight policemen and three pedestrians suffered injuries.
The Sholakia incident came a week after the Gulshan café attack in Dhaka on Jul 1.