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Death sentences upheld for six JMB militants in 2005 Gazipur court bombings
The High Court has upheld death sentences for six of the ten convicted in the 2005 bombings at the Gazipur court premises.
Published : 28 July 2016, 06:32 AM
Updated : 28 July 2016, 07:39 AM
After hearing the death references and appeals, the court on Thursday ordered life in prison for two and acquitted two others from the charges.
In 2013, Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced all of them to death in the twin blasts at the Gazipur Bar Association’s auditorium.
Deputy Attorney General Sheikh AKM Moniruzzaman Kabir told reporters after the verdict that they will appeal against the decision of commuting sentences and the acquittals.
High Court verdict
Death Enayet Ullah, Arifur Rahman, Saidur Rahman Munsi, Abdullah Al Sohain, Nizam Uddin Reza and Tayebur Rahman Hassan. Life in prison Masidul Islam Masud and Adnan Sami Acquittal Md Ashraful Islam and Md Shafiullah Tarek |
On the morning of Nov 29, 2005, blasts rocked the court premises on a regular busy weekday.
The bomber, who died on the spot, was later identified as Azad, also known by many aliases such as Zia, Nazir and Nahid.
He was a member of the Jamaa’tul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) suicide squad.
Gazipur Bar’s former general secretary Amzad Hossain, lawyers Nurul Huda, Anwarul Azam and Golam Faruk and four others died later of injuries sustained in the bombings.
Police started the case against a number of JMB leaders including Shaykh Abdur Rahman and Ataur Rahman Sani, the suicide attacker and his accomplices.
Two years later, police submitted the chargesheet accusing 15 JMB leaders and operatives.
But the names of Azad and his accomplice Molla Omar Shakil, Rahman, Sani and another top JMB leader, Khaled Saifullah, were dropped as they were all dead by the time formal charges were brought against them.
Six JMB leaders, including Rahman, Sani and Saifullah, accused of abetment in the bombing, were hanged on Mar 29, 2007 for murdering two judges in Jhalakathi.
In April 2011, a Gazipur court indicted the 10 remaining JMB members accused in the case.
In October the same year, the case was transferred to Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal that sentenced them to death in June 2013.
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