The traders were returning to their neighbourhood after buying vegetables from the wholesale market in Manikganj’s Jaagir.
Harkatul Jihad man gets 7 years for bomb blast in Moulvibazar
A court has handed down a member of banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad (HuJI) seven years in prison for bomb blast at a shrine in Moulvibazar’s Kulaurha.
Published : 9 Feb 2016, 04:54 PM
Updated : 9 Feb 2016, 04:54 PM
Additional Sessions Judge Mohammad Halim Ullah Chowdhury announced the verdict at the district’s Special Tribunal on Tuesday, said Public Prosecutor Kripasindhu Das.
The convict Maruf Mohammad Ishak, 32, a resident of Mymensingh’s Haluaghat, was a madrasa student at Kulaurha’s Karmadha village.
Quoting the case documents, Das told bdnews24.com locals caught Ishak while he was trying to flee after a bomb explosion at Shah Dingir Mazar of Prithimpasha Union on Feb 20, 2005.
He was handed over to police after being beaten up by the mob. The Union Parishad Chairman Nabab Ali Noki Khan filed a case on the same night.
Ishak confessed his involvement with HuJI and also gave away names of his two accomplices, a madrasa teacher, Hafez Mohammad Kamrul Islam, and a local madrasa student, Lutfur Rahman Harun.
Ishak was also fined Tk 10,000, failing to pay which will force him to spend another six months behind bars.
Hafez Kamrul Islam and Harun were acquitted.
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