56 Bagmara JMB men sued on charge of murder

Bail prayer rejected in Khagrachhari

22 October 2009, 17:00 PM

Star National Desk

Uncle of a victim in Rajshahi sued 56 JMB men on charge of killing his nephew while a Khagrachhari court sent a suspected militant of the outfit to jail rejecting his bail prayer yesterday. Our Staff Correspondent in Rajshahi reports: A case was lodged with a Rajshahi court yesterday accusing 56 JMB militants of murdering Abu Taleb and dumping his body to an unknown place in 2004. Taleb's uncle Amjad Hossain filed the case and the court directed the officer in-charge (OC) of Bagmara to take legal steps in this regard. The accused include two alleged JMB advisers in Bagmara -- Abdus Sattar BSc of Sakoa and Lutfar Rahman of Majhgram -- and the outfit's area commanders Mostafizur Rahman alias 'Killer' Mostak and Mamun Muhuri of Polash. Goalkandi Union Parishad (UP) Jamaat ameer Abdul Majid Khan and his son Anwar Hossain, a Shibir adherent at Rajshahi University are also among the accused. Amjad Hossain alleged that the accused kidnapped Abu Taleb from his home at Sajuria village on April 14, 2004. The next day, the abductors brought Taleb to his home in seriously injured condition and demanded Tk 75,000 ransom for his release. Taleb's family managed a sum of Tk 35,000, but as they failed to arrange the rest, the JMB men took Taleb to Hamirkutsa torture camp and since then Taleb's body remained untraced, said the case. In Khagrachhari, the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday sent a suspected member of the JMB to jail rejecting his bail prayer. Militant suspect Shamsul Islam was arrested by police on Tuesday from his residence at Shantipur village in Matiranga upazila, according to our correspondent. Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdullah Al-Mamun passed the order when police placed the accused before the court. Advocate Abdul Momin, who sought bail for the suspected militant said, the arrestee was innocent and a simple villager. But court inspector Mohammad Nazmul Islam said the bail prayer was rejected as the man gave shelter to the militants on his land.