Hasnat denied bail again in Gulshan attack case

A Dhaka court on Sunday denied again the bail petition of former North South University teacher Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim in connection with the Gulshan attack case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Quamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order when Hasnat’s lawyer Shahabuddin filed a petition for his bail before the court.

Earlier, Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim was placed on eight-day remand twice in the case on August 13 and August 4.

A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime arrested Hasnat from the city's Gulshan area on August 10 for his suspected link to the attack. He was shown arrested under Section 54 of the CrPC.

Abul Hasnat, also a businessman was rescued along with 12 others during the commando operation at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the city's Gulshan area on July 1 following a 12-hour hostage standoff.

Twenty hostages, including 17 foreign nationals, were killed by militants, while five militants and one suspected associate of the attackers were killed during a commando operation in the café on July 1.

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