[2] On 21 July 2000, Sheikh Hasina, then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was scheduled to speak at a rally in Kotalipara Upazila, Gopalganj District.
Police discovered a time bomb weighing 76 Kg that was 50 feet from the stage where Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to speak.
The officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Police Station, Aminur Rahman, filled two cases over the attempted assassination under explosives and arms acts respectively.
The five others were Hasmat Ali Kazi, Mahmud Azahar, Mehedi Hassan, Mofizur Rahman, and Shah Newaz.
[3][4] On 12 April 2017, Hannan was hanged for the attempted assassination of the British High Commissioner in Bangladesh in the 2004 Shah Jalal bombing.