A Dhaka court has sentenced five members of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Majahideen Bangladesh or JMB to 12 years in jail in a case over the simultaneous bomb blasts throughout the country 14 years ago.
Published : 22 Sep 2019, 02:50 PM
The attackers fled after carrying out the blast around 11am on Aug 17, 2005 in front of the RAJUK market in the capital’s Khilkhet with the intent of damaging public property, according to the judgment under the Explosives Act.
Khilkhet Police ASI Md Kawsar Alam initiated a case over the incident. The charges were pressed two years later which were followed by the submission of two supplementary charge-sheets.
Abdullah was indicted in the latest supplementary charge-sheet.
JMB leader Ataur Rahman Sunny was also charged in the case but his name was later dropped after he received the death penalty in a murder case, said Shahabuddin.