A Chittagong court yesterday framed charges against six Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activists in four cases filed in connection with bomb attacks, murder, and possession of illegal firearms and explosives. The accused include JMB bigwigs Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad and Zahid Hossain alias Bomb Mizan. The cases were filed in connection with the August 17, 2005 countrywide bomb attacks, the bomb attack on Chittagong court building premises on November 29, 2005 and illegal firearms and explosives that were recovered from the port city's Pahartali area on December 14, 2005.The court of additional metropolitan sessions judge pressed charges against the six and exempted three top JMB leaders, including Abdur Rahman, Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and Ataur Rahman Sunny who were executed in the Jhalakathi judges murder case, and one deceased suicide bomber Abul Hossain. Judge Akter Hossain framed charges against JMB Chittagong Divisional Chief Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad and Zahid Hossain alias Bomb Mizan in the two cases filed in connection with the November 29, 2005 attack.
Charges were also pressed against Mohammad, Zahid, Alauddin Rubel and Arshadul Alam in connection with the case filed for August 17, 2005 serial bomb attacks in Chittagong. The judge also pressed charges against Mohammad and Zahid along with two others--Naimuzzaman and Rafiqul Islam alias Rumel--in connection with the December 14, 2005 arms and explosives haul case, sources said.
Abdur Rahman, Sunny and Bangla Bhai were accused in all the four cases while Abul Hossain was accused in the explosion and murder cases filed in connection with the suicide bomb attack that left three people including a policeman and an upazila Jubo League leader dead on November 29, 2005.