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| 3 JMB men get 34 years |
| 2008-01-23 |
| A special judge court in Jamalpur sentenced three cadres of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 34 years' rigorous imprisonment in an explosives case Monday. Judge Abdus Sobahan handed down the verdict as per two sections of the Explosive Substances Act and also fined the three convicts Tk 8,000 each, defaulting on which carries additional 18 months' rigorous imprisonment (RI). The convicts are Habibur Rahman Yousuf, 25, of Satpoa village in Sarishabari upazila, Sultan, 30, and Sohel, 22, of Charaildar village in Melandaha upazila of the district. Five other accused were acquitted on all charges. After hearing 18 witnesses, the court handed down 20 years' RI to the JMB men and fined them each Tk 5,000 under section 4 (kha) of the Explosive Substances Act. Defaulting on the fines carries one year's RI. The judge also gave the three 14 years' RI and fined them Tk 3,000 each under section 5/6 of the same act. Failure to pay the fines carries another six months' RI. The sentences will run consecutively. The three JMB cadres were present in court during the verdict. According to the prosecution, Habibur Rahman Yousuf was arrested in connection with a grenade attack on police at Bhatara in Sarishabari upazila in 2007. Following his confession, Rab raided the houses of Sultan and Sohel at Charaildar village in Melandaha upazila on March 24 last year and recovered 75 grenade bodies, 77 grenade caps and 27 packets of power gel from there. A Rab sub-inspector later filed a case with Melandaha Police Station against eight people including the three convicted. |
| Posted by:Fred |