6 JMB men get 10-yr jail in Chapainawabganj

A Chapainawabganj court on Sunday sentenced six members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) to 10 years imprisonment each in two cases filed under the Arms and the Anti-Terrorism Act, reports UNB.

The convicts are-Selim alias Harun Mistri in Sadar upazila, AbdurRakib alias Sumon of Shibganj upazila, Rabiul Islam alias Roby and Ramjan Ali in Bholaha tupazila, Abdul Mumin alias Abdullah of Gomostapur upazila and Hazrat Ali alias Firoz Kabir of Niamatpur upazila.

The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer six months more rigorous imprisonment.

According to the prosecution, a special team of police conducted a drive at the house Rabiul Islam at Mushribhuja village in Bholahat upazila on 17 June, 2009. According to his confessional statement, police arrested four other JMB men from different upazilas.

Two separate cases-one under the Arms Act and another under the Anti-Terrorism Act-- were filed with Bholahat police station.

Sub-inspector Waheduzzaman and Abdul Majid, investigation officers of the two cases, submitted chargesheet against them on 12 August, 2009 and 30 March, 2016 respectively.