The trial for the BDR carnage case will take place in a temporary court at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj instead of the previously planned location at the Dhaka Alia Madrasa ground.
The Ministry of Law issued a notification in this regard on Sunday.
According to the notification, “The BDR carnage case will be heard in the temporary court at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, rather than the temporary court set up in the field next to the government Alia Madrasa and Dhaka Central Jail in the Bakshi Bazar area of Dhaka.”
The decision follows protests on January 9 by students who opposed the establishment of a temporary court at the Alia Madrasa ground in Old Dhaka’s Bakshi Bazar.
During the protests, the courtroom set up in the madrasa compound was also set on fire.
The students said that the ground had long been used by the City Corporation and claimed it would remain under their control after the July Uprising.
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