Three JMB leaders jailed
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced three leaders of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment on charge of possessing grenades and explosives.
The convicts are Mohtasim Billah alias Bashir, commander of JMB Dhaka zone, and two ehsar (fulltime) members of the outlawed outfitMomin Bhuiyan alias Mizan and Md Moyeen Uddin alias Moyez.
Judge Mohammad Motahar Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal pronounced the verdict in presence of the convicts at a packed courtroom.
The court also acquitted another JMB leader Mohammad Salauddin as the charge brought against him was not proved.
Earlier the prosecution and the defence completed their arguments and the court recorded statements of 34 prosecution witnesses.
A team from Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Mohtasim from Konabari and Moyez and Mizan from Uttarkhan in Gazipur on February 20 in 2009 along with 2 grenades and huge explosives.
Following the incident, Sub-Inspector Aminul Haque filed a case against the three.
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