Gulshan attack survivor Tahmid acquitted

News Hour:

A Dhaka court has acquitted Holey Artisan attack survivor, Tahmid Hasib Khan, of charges of hiding information about the attack in a non-prosecution case.

Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Mahmudul Hasan passed the order in presence of Tahmid on Sunday.

The case was lodged with Bhatara police station against Tahmid, who was seen holding a gun and walking with the terrorists in a couple of pictures taken by a man from an apartment adjacent to the bakery, in October 2016.

A total of 22 people were killed by a group of ‘militants’ on the 1 July attack on Holey Artisan cafe in the capital’s Gulshan area.

Five ‘militants’ were also killed in Operation Thunderbolt by the army commandos.

A cafe employee also lost his life in the exchange of fire.

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