2004 Dhaka grenade attack

===Initial investigation===

===Initial investigation===

[[Bangladesh Police]] refused to register any criminal case filed by [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]] over the attack and only registered a general diary.<ref name=":1" /> ''The then'' [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] led government initially refused to hand over the bodies of the victims.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/08/23/d4082301022.htm |title='I heard a bang and blood splashed on my body' |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021104626/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/08/23/d4082301022.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Investigators from the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) and [[Interpol]] made repeated visits to [[Bangladesh]] to provide technical support.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/21/d5082101033.htm |title=One Year into Aug 21 Carnage |last1=Manik |first1=Julfikar Ali |last2=Ashraf |first2=Shamim |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021095539/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/21/d5082101033.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The Government also tried to implicate Mokhlesur Rahman, an Awami League activist, and Shaibal Saha Partha. They were arrested by [[Bangladesh Police]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-a-2004-09-01-1-fbi-94349234/1385284.html |title=FBI in Dhaka to probe grenade attacks |website=[[Voice of America]] |language=bn |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822035625/https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-a-2004-09-01-1-fbi-94349234/1385284.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Shaibal Saha Partha and Joj Miah were tortured in custody and forced to give a false confessional statement.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/testimony-terror-sponsored-state-130054 |title=Testimony to terror sponsored by state |date=21 August 2015 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822073308/https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/testimony-terror-sponsored-state-130054 |url-status=live }}</ref> An investigation by the [[Supreme Court Bar Association (Bangladesh)|Supreme Court Bar Association]] accused the government of destroying evidence. The government was also criticised for hurriedly burying two unidentified dead bodies from the terror attack in the middle of the night.<ref name=":2" />

[[Bangladesh Police]] refused to register any criminal case filed by [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]] over the attack and only registered a general diary.<ref name=":1" /> ''The then'' [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] led government initially refused to hand over the bodies of the victims, according to Hasina.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/08/23/d4082301022.htm |title='I heard a bang and blood splashed on my body' |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021104626/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/08/23/d4082301022.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Investigators from the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) and [[Interpol]] made repeated visits to [[Bangladesh]] to provide technical support.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/21/d5082101033.htm |title=One Year into Aug 21 Carnage |last1=Manik |first1=Julfikar Ali |last2=Ashraf |first2=Shamim |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021095539/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/21/d5082101033.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The Government also tried to implicate Mokhlesur Rahman, an Awami League activist, and Shaibal Saha Partha. They were arrested by [[Bangladesh Police]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-a-2004-09-01-1-fbi-94349234/1385284.html |title=FBI in Dhaka to probe grenade attacks |website=[[Voice of America]] |language=bn |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822035625/https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-a-2004-09-01-1-fbi-94349234/1385284.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Shaibal Saha Partha and Joj Miah were tortured in custody and forced to give a false confessional statement.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/testimony-terror-sponsored-state-130054 |title=Testimony to terror sponsored by state |date=21 August 2015 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822073308/https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/testimony-terror-sponsored-state-130054 |url-status=live }}</ref> An investigation by the [[Supreme Court Bar Association (Bangladesh)|Supreme Court Bar Association]] accused the government of destroying evidence. The government was also criticised for hurriedly burying two unidentified dead bodies from the terror attack in the middle of the night.<ref name=":2" />

In 2004, the 4-Party Alliance's coalition government assigned the Crime Investigation Department of the police to foresee the investigation. They came up with a story that some Joj Miah, also known as Jamal Ahmed from [[Noakhali district]], along with 14 other criminals of Seven Star terrorist group of [[Subrata Bain]] attacked the [[Awami League]] rally. They met at Moghbazar before the attack, and rehearsed at a remote island before the attack.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joj Mia gives deposition|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/54443/Joj-Mia-gives-deposition|work=[[Prothom Alo]]|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010134901/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/54443/Joj-Mia-gives-deposition|url-status=live}}</ref> The government of Bangladesh formed a one-man judicial probe led by Justice Joynul Abedin. The [[Awami League]] rejected the commission which blamed the attack on a neighboring country. ''The Daily Star'' described Abedin as a "shame" for the judiciary in Bangladesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/one-man-shame-judiciary-1788154 |title=One man shame for judiciary |date=21 August 2019 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822071731/https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/one-man-shame-judiciary-1788154 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2004, the 4-Party Alliance's coalition government assigned the Crime Investigation Department of the police to foresee the investigation. They came up with a story that some Joj Miah, also known as Jamal Ahmed from [[Noakhali district]], along with 14 other criminals of Seven Star terrorist group of [[Subrata Bain]] attacked the [[Awami League]] rally. They met at Moghbazar before the attack, and rehearsed at a remote island before the attack.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joj Mia gives deposition|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/54443/Joj-Mia-gives-deposition|work=[[Prothom Alo]]|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010134901/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/54443/Joj-Mia-gives-deposition|url-status=live}}</ref> The government of Bangladesh formed a one-man judicial probe led by Justice Joynul Abedin. The [[Awami League]] rejected the commission which blamed the attack on a neighboring country. ''The Daily Star'' described Abedin as a "shame" for the judiciary in Bangladesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/one-man-shame-judiciary-1788154 |title=One man shame for judiciary |date=21 August 2019 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822071731/https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/one-man-shame-judiciary-1788154 |url-status=live }}</ref>