The court also fined Tk1 lakh each of the convicts – Md Moyejul Islam alias Hridoy Chowdhury, 49, a resident of Shibganj upzila in Chapainawabganj and Azizul alias Hanif, 34, a resident of Koyra upzila in Khulna, in default to serve seven years more in prison.
Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge of the district Md Ibrahim Miah passed the order in the presence of the two accused in the case filed under the Arms Act.
According to the prosecution, police recovered a numbers of arms and ammunition from a house namely Surjodigholbari located under Sylhet Kotwali police station and arrested Hridoy Chowdhury, a top aide of Abdur Rahman, on March 2, 2007.
Sub-Inspector of Kotwali police station Md Waliullah filed two cases under Arms act and Explosive act on the day.
On April 13, the sub-inspector who was the investigation officer the case submitted a charge sheet of the case filed under Arms act before a court accusing three members of the JMB, including its leader Abdur Rahman.
On July 4, prosecution of the case was began.
After cross-checking 33 out of 43 witnesses and examining documents, the court announced the verdict.
It is mentionable that Shaikh Abdur Rahman and another kingpin of the JMB Siddiqur Rahman alias Bangla Bhai were executed on March 30, 2007 after being convicted of masterminding the death of two Jhalakathi judges.
On 17 August 2005, around 500 bomb explosions occurred at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. The JMB claimed responsibility for the bombings.