A court here on Sunday sentenced a member of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to five years’ imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosive Substance Act.
The court also fined the convict – Mufti Mohammad Kutubullah, 35, son of Abu Bakar Siddique of Rasulpur village in Baliakandi upazila of the district – Tk5, 000, in default to suffer six months more of rigorous imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-8 in a drive arrested five people, including Kutubullah, along with some explosives from Anandabazar area of Baliakandi upazila on June 1 in 2008.
The Rab team handed over the arrestees to Bailakandi police station and filed the case against them on the same day.
After examining witnesses and documents, Judge of Additional District and Session Judge’s court Mohammad Osman Haider passed the order acquitting four other accused as the allegations brought against them could not be proved.
