2 JMB men jailed for blast at court

22 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Court Correspondent

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two leaders of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh to 32 years' of rigorous imprisonment for the serial bomb blasts on the Mymensingh court premises in August 2005. Judge Mohammad Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trail Tribunal-4 handed down the verdict in presence of convicts Kawsar Alam alias Sumon and Amanullah Akhond alias Sanaullah. The court also acquitted Salauddin alias Salehin and nine others as the charges pressed against them were not proved. Earlier, the prosecution and the defence completed their closing arguments and the court recorded statements of 23 prosecution witnesses. According to the prosecution, around 11:10am on August 17, 2005, several bombs were blasted on the Mymensingh court premises that injured four people. Later, a case under the Explosive Substances Act was filed against the banned Islamist militant outfit JMB leaders and activists with Mymensingh Police Station. After an investigation, police pressed charges against 12 alleged JMB leaders and activists.