BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie. Photo: BSS

DHAKA, June 16, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today acquitted nine leaders and 
activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its front organisations 
including Joint Secretary General of the party Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie 
in a case lodged over Explosive Substances Act.

Judge Md Jannatul Ferdous Ibn Haque of Dhaka Special Tribunal-14 acquitted 
the BNP leaders and activists as the charges framed against them were not 
proved.

The other eight people, who were acquitted by the court, are-- Abdul Kader 
Bhuiyan Jewel, Habibur Rashid Habib, Ishak Sarkar, Qazi Abul Bashar, Nazrul 
Islam Khan Tipu, MA Syed Montu, A Sattar and Md Salauddin.

Confirming the news to BSS, Annie's counsel Mohiuddin Chowdhury said the case 
was in testimony stage and the court disposed of it though the judgment as 
there was no substantial material to proceed further.

Police filed the case on November 11, 2013, over petrol bomb attack on a 
leguna in the city's Sutrapur area where five passengers received burn 
injuries. 

Ten people including Sadek Hossain Khoka were implicated in the case. After 
his death, his name was dropped from the case. Police filed the charge-sheet 
on May 21, 2019.