JMB man jailed for 15 yrs in first-ever verdict
According to correspondent of The Daily Star News, Kishoreganj, BD.
In the first-ever verdict on an explosives case against a JMB operative, a court here yesterday sentenced him to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 2,000 or two-month jail in default.
Special Tribunal Judge Bhabani Prashad Shingha awarded the punishment to Obaidullah Sumon, 25, a member of the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), for possessing explosives and bomb-making materials.
Sumon is the first Islamist militant to be convicted since the August 17 countrywide near-simultaneous bomb blasts. He also stands accused in another case still under trial filed in connection with the August 17 terror strike.
The police arrested him on September 14 in a Gazipur den with explosives, power gel and 50 detonators. The same day Sub-Inspector Shahjahan of Nikhlee Police Station filed the case against him under the Arms and Explosives Substances Act, which was disposed off yesterday.
Later, Sumon was also shown arrested for planting a bomb in Number 32 Bus Stand area in the town on August 17.
During the hearing of the explosives case yesterday, Sumon confessed to the crime and said, "I don't want any lawyer. I will accept any verdict given by the court, as I was found with the detonator in my hands."
A total of 154 cases have been filed so far in connection with the August 17 orchestrated bomb blasts in 63 districts.
Another 42 cases had been filed in connection with the subsequent bomb attacks and incidents of JMB den busting until December 26, according to government figures.
A total of 642 people have been arrested to date in connection with 196 of the cases. Of the arrestees, 102 are still under investigation and the police have charged 478 others in 92 cases. Twelve of the cases are currently undergoing trial in various courts.
GMA-NEWS
In the first-ever verdict on an explosives case against a JMB operative, a court here yesterday sentenced him to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 2,000 or two-month jail in default.
Special Tribunal Judge Bhabani Prashad Shingha awarded the punishment to Obaidullah Sumon, 25, a member of the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), for possessing explosives and bomb-making materials.
Sumon is the first Islamist militant to be convicted since the August 17 countrywide near-simultaneous bomb blasts. He also stands accused in another case still under trial filed in connection with the August 17 terror strike.
The police arrested him on September 14 in a Gazipur den with explosives, power gel and 50 detonators. The same day Sub-Inspector Shahjahan of Nikhlee Police Station filed the case against him under the Arms and Explosives Substances Act, which was disposed off yesterday.
Later, Sumon was also shown arrested for planting a bomb in Number 32 Bus Stand area in the town on August 17.
During the hearing of the explosives case yesterday, Sumon confessed to the crime and said, "I don't want any lawyer. I will accept any verdict given by the court, as I was found with the detonator in my hands."
A total of 154 cases have been filed so far in connection with the August 17 orchestrated bomb blasts in 63 districts.
Another 42 cases had been filed in connection with the subsequent bomb attacks and incidents of JMB den busting until December 26, according to government figures.
A total of 642 people have been arrested to date in connection with 196 of the cases. Of the arrestees, 102 are still under investigation and the police have charged 478 others in 92 cases. Twelve of the cases are currently undergoing trial in various courts.
GMA-NEWS
posted by The GMA News @ 2:45 PM
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