3 JMB men given death

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A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced three activists of the banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death on charges of killing eight people including two Udichi leaders by carrying out suicide bomb attacks at Udichi and Shata Dal Shilpi Goshthi offices in Netrakona in December 2005.

The convicts are Salahuddin alias Saleheen, Asaduzzaman Chowdhury alias Panir and Yunus Ali. Saleheen and Panir were in the dock during the delivery of the

verdict. Yunus was tried in absentia as he is on the run. The court acquitted Fahima alias Farzana, also known as Rokeya, as her involvement with the killings was not proved.

Judge AHM Mustaque Ahmed of the Speedy Trial Tribunal delivered the verdict.

The court did not consider punishing JMB’s second-in-command Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai and JMB’s military commander Ataur Rahman Sunny as their death penalty for killing two Jhalakathi judges were earlier executed.

The prosecution and the defence completed their arguments earlier and the court recorded statements of 29 prosecution witnesses during the trial.

According to the prosecution, on December 6, 2005, the convicts made plans for the suicide bomb attacks during a meeting held secretly at Nagaor, a house belonging to Khorshed Master, at Acua in Mymensingh town.

As per their plan, suicide bomb attacks were carried out at Udichi and Shata Dal Shilpi Goshthi offices around 10:30am on December 8, 2005 that left eight people dead and 40 others injured. One Arid alias Kafi made the explosives used to bomb the cultural organisations.

The victims of the blasts are Khawja Haider, Sudipta Paul Shelly, Rani Begum, Joinal, Raisuddin, Yadev Das, Jahanara and Shawkat.

Our Netrakona correspondent reports that after hearing the verdict, victims’ family members expressed their satisfaction over it and appealed to the government for quick execution of the verdict.

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