7 JMB men jailed in Chapainawabganj, Khagrachhari

The Special Tribunal 2 in Chapainawabganj sentenced Md Abdul Momin, 24, hailing from Kalai Dear village of Gomostapur upazila, and Rabiul Islam, 21, from Moshuribhuja Shonarpara village in Bholahat upazila, to 14 years' rigorous imprisonment in an arms case. On the other hand, Md Abdur Rahim, Md Delwar Hossain, Md Yunus Ali, Md Shamsu Mia and Md Shamim Ahmed of Khagrachhari got seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009. The convicts in Khagrachhari were also fined Tk2,000 each. In default, they will have to spend two more years in jail. Momin was arrested with ammunition and radical books from in front of Kharagpur Government Primary School on June 14, 2009, by Shibganj police, according to the case statements. Based on his confession, police detained Rabiul with a one-shooter gun, three rounds of bullets, four pipes and bomb-making materials from his bedroom at Moshuribhuja Shonarpara village on June 17. A case was filed against the duo with Bholahat police that day. On September 27, 2009, members of Rapid Action Battalion conducted a drive in Shantipur of Matiranga upazila in Khagrachhari on information that there was a militant den, and arrested Rahim, Delwar, Yunus and Shamsu. Shamim managed to escape the scene and remained fugitive. A case was lodged against them under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009 on September 28. Investigation Officer Md Mizanur Rahman submitted the charge sheet accusing the five JMB men on December 11 the same year.