Gulshan cafe attack suspect Hasnat Karim has been denied bail for the fourth time.
Published : 04 Jan 2017, 02:26 PM
The former North South University teacher's counsel moved the Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday.
The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder held a hearing in Karim's absence and turned down the petition.
On the night of Jul 1 last year, gunmen barged into the Holey Artisan Bakery and O' Kitchen restaurant at the capital's diplomatic enclave of Gulshan.
The attackers killed 20 people, mostly foreigners, inside the restaurant before army commandos stormed it the next morning, killing six persons, including five attackers.
Hasnat and his family, who went to the restaurant that day, was among the several other diners released by the attackers early morning on Jul 2 before the army raided the place.
Hasnat, though apparently a hostage during the attack, was kept under close watch since the day.
Police detained him on Aug 2 under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which allows making arrest without a warrant.
He was later shown arrested in the case police started over the attack.
After a few rounds of remand, when he was quizzed in police custody, on Aug 13, he filed a bail petition, which was turned down.
On Aug 24, he once again moved a metropolitan magistrate court, but was denied bail.
His counsel filed for bail on Oct 30 at the sessions judge's court, but failed to secure it for his client.