The court of Natore Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Rawnak Mahmud recorded deposition from plaintiff Asaduzzaman Shah.

According to the charges of the case, the accused launched a series of attacks at Ramsa Kazipur (Dulu's home village), Shahpara and Amtali bazar on Dulu's directives in retaliation for the murder of Dulu's nephew Sabbir Ahmed Gama on February 7 in 2004.

Dulu himself had been among the attackers torching Asaduzzaman's straw hut. In a couple of days, some 37 households and shops were looted and torched by spraying gunpowder.

Charges were framed against the 94 accused on June 27 this year.

In his statement to the court, Asaduzzaman, president of Natore district Jatiya Chhatra Samaj, narrated the atrocities of Dulu and his thugs. He claimed that the former deputy minister Dulu began the arson attack by first torching his (Asaduzzaman's) house at Ramsa Kazipur village.

"Dulu, the minister himself, torched my home using a matchstick. ... two sacks of gunpowder were unloaded from his government vehicle and distributed among his cadres. ...the cadres later sprayed the gunpowder on houses and set those on fire," said Asaduzzaman.

The public prosecutors produced five witnesses, but the court heard the deposition from Asaduzzaman till 4:00pm.

The court scheduled July 4 for hearing depositions from the rest of witnesses.

Dulu and 24 other arrested accused were present in the court while 69 others are still on the loose.

The plaintiff told the journalists of his worries that justice might not be served in the case since the public prosecutors had been appointed on Dulu's recommendation and they have been collaborating with the defendants.