A Panchagarh court yesterday sentenced four activists of banned Islamist militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life imprisonment in a case filed in connection with the August 17, 2005 serial bomb blasts in Panchagarh.The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Amulla Kumar Sarker handed down the verdict after examining records and witnesses depositions. The judge acquitted six accused in the case. The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each, in default to which they are to stay one more year in jail.
The convicts are Tanviruzzaman alias Murad, 21, Azizul Islam alias Majnu, 25, Hafizur Rahman, 25, and Abdul Matin alias Ismail, 25. Murad was awarded another life term imprisonment as the charge of conspiracy to kill judges, filed against him in the same case, was proved.
| Oooh. In court, on a charge of conspiracy to kill judges. Not a good thing. |
Since accused Abdul Awal, son-in-law of JMB chief Sheikh Abdur Rahman, was executed, the court framed charges against 10 people on June 30, 2007.