Jhalakathi PP murder: HC upholds death sentence of 5 'JMB' men

The High Court (HC) on Monday upheld a verdict of the subordinate court sentencing five members of banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for murdering a Jhalakathi public prosecutor in 2007, reports UNB.

Justice Soumendra Sarker and justice Shahed Nuruddin's bench passed the order after hearing the appeal filed by the convicts on Sunday while the full verdict was released the following day.

The convicts are - Bellal Hossain, Abu Shahadat Tanvir alias Mehedi hasan, Murad Hossain, Sagir Hossain and Amir Hossain.

Bellal is on the run.

Advocate SM Shahjahan and Md Kamal stood for the convicts while deputy attorney general Bashir Ahmed represented the state.

The JMB men shot dead public prosecutor Haidar Hossain on 11 April 2007.

On 12 February 2015, a Jhalakathi court sentenced the five men to death. Later, the convicts moved the High Court challenging the verdict.