2001 Bagerhat bombing
2001 Narayanganj bombing was a bomb attack on 23 September 2001 at an election rally of Bangladesh Awami League led by Member of Parliament Sheikh Hasina in Bagerhat, Bangladesh that resulted in the death of 9 people.Attacks
The Caretaker government had taken charge and had started to make preparations for the 2001 general elections in Bangladesh. in 2001, a number of Bangladesh Awami League events were bombed by suspected Islamist terrorist. Sheikh Helal Uddin, cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was speaking at an election rally of Bangladesh Awami League at Khalilur Rahman Degree College ground in Mollahat Upazila, Bagerhat District. Two bombs were thrown which killed 9 people and injured more than a 100 people including Sheikh Helal.Trial
A case was filled following the attack, the proceedings of which were stopped on 19 April 2004 during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule. The Home ministry took steps to reopen the case after Bangladesh Awami League returned to power. After an investigation by Criminal Investigation Department, charges were pressed against 6 individuals on 21 August 2011. The accused were Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh chief Mufti Hannan, the former president of Mollahat Bangladesh Nationalist Party branch Badsha Mia Shikdar, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh activists Arifuzzaman, Zillur Rahman, Hafez Mohammad Rakib Hasan, and Abu Taleb.
