A Dhaka court granted bail to Tahmid Hasib Khan, one of the suspects in the deadly terror attack on a Dhaka restaurant in July in which 20 hostages were killed.
He was arrested along with another suspect former North South University teacher Hasnat Reza Karim on August 3 under Section 54 on suspicion of their involvement in the case, reports the Dhaka Tribune.
In video footage filmed by witnesses and terrorists, Khan appeared holding a pistol and talking to the hostage-takers, but police said forensic analysis had shown the Toronto University student had been forced to do so.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Laskar Sohel Rana issued the order on Sunday.
The court also fixed October 5 as the date for the hearing on a report submitted by Inspector Humayun Kabir of police's Counter-terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, who is investigating the case.
The report found that Tahmid is innocent after a probe into a general diary over the attack.
The terrorists released Khan before commandos conducted an operation on July 2 and killed all the five attackers. Before and after the commando operation, a total of 32 people had either been released or rescued.
Khan had returned to the country from Canada a day before the attack and went to the restaurant along with two female friends.
He was interrogated for two weeks in two spells of police custody as his movements during the attack were highly suspicious.
On July 1, 21 people, including 17 foreign nationals, were killed when militants attacked the bakery and took diners and restaurant staff hostage.
