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| Charges pressed against JMB men in Nilphamari |
| 2010-01-13 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Police pressed charges against 30 members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh at a Nilphamari court in a case filed in connection with conspiring to keep people away from the December 29, 2008 parliamentary elections. In the charge sheet they also mentioned that the militants distributed leaflets and CDs in different districts, using a courier service, asking people not to cast votes. The CDs and leaflets also tried to motivate people into launching a jihad. Jaldhaka Police told this to journalists yesterday even though they submitted the charge sheet on December 30. The court is yet to accept the charge sheet as the chief judicial magistrate of Nilphamari is on leave, police said. Of the 30 accused, 18 are now behind bars. The investigation officer of the case Sub-Inspector Mozaharul Islam of Jaldhaka Police Station said he found evidence of involvement of 57 JMB men but did not mention them in the charge sheet since identity details of 27 of them could not be found. Jaldhaka police lodged the case on December 4, 2008, after they seized a number of CDs and leaflets, which the JMB men were sending to Rangpur. Later, police raided different places in northern districts and arrested 18 JMB men. During the drives police also seized JMB's training manuals, photos of different parts of AK-47 assault rifle, books on Jihad, lethal weapons, CDs and leaflets. The investigation officer said 14 of the accused made statements under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code confessing their involvement. The arrested 18 accused are Noor-e-Alam, 22, Mamunur Rashid, 35, Guljar Hassain, 22, Didar Rahman, 53, Mazadul Islam Babu, 35, Hafijul Islam, 28, Abdul Kuddus Khan Salafi, 47,Abdul Baki, 25, Abul Kalam, 39, Afiar, 35, Shahajahan Ali, 57, Hasanur Rahman, 28, Moshiar Rahman, 40, Monwar Hossain, 42, Moshiur Rahman, 25, Saiful Islam Dablu, 26, Azizul Islam, 43, and Golam Mostofa, 38. The fugitives are Amzad Hossain, 28, Mahamudul Islam Rubel, 27, Saiful Islam, 26, Shamim, 24, Mintoo, 25, Abdur Rashid, 32, Samirul, 26, Dabirul Islam, 32, Arman Ali, 32, Jahangir Alam, 25, Shamim, 25 and Abdul Gafur, 30. |
| Posted by:Fred |