Anti-terrorism special tribunal Judge Mujibur Rahman on Wednesday accepted the charge sheet against eight militants in a case filed over the 2016 militant attack on Holey Artisan Bakery.
On Jul 23, police filed the charge sheet of the sensational case to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court.
The Dhaka metropolitan police’s Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, which was in charge of the investigation found 21 people involved in planning and executing the attack.
In 2016, Bangladesh was rocked by an unprecedented attack on the cafe in capital Dhaka’s upscale neighbourhood.
On the night of Jul 1, five terrorists shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ stormed into the Holey Artisan Bakery and O’ Kitchen restaurant, an eatery popular among foreigners in the diplomatic area of Gulshan.
The attackers killed 20 diners, including 17 foreigners, and two police officers, who were caught in grenade blasts.