Pabna, June 30 -- A court here on Sunday sent 30 BNP leaders and activists to jail in a case filed over a bomb attack on a train carrying then opposition leader and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina in 1994.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-1 Rustam Ali passed the order after rejecting their bail petition when they appeared before it seeking bail.

According to the prosecution, miscreants opened fire and hurled bombs targeting a Rajshahi-bound train carrying Sheikh Hasina when it reached Pakshi Rail Station on September 23, 1994.

Nazrul Islam, the then officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Railways Police Station, filed the case in this connection.

On April 3, 1997, police submitted a chargesheet against 52 people in the case. ...