23 acquitted in BD blast case

Published June 29, 2006

DHAKA, June 28: A court here on Wednesday acquitted all the 23 accused in two cases relating to the much talked about bomb attack on a cultural gathering that left 10 people dead and dozens injured seven years ago.

The court also ordered a re-investigation of the case.

The bomb attack was on an open-air music concert in south-western Jessore town on March 6, 1999.