Five JMB men jailed for 15 years A Correspondent, Jamalpur A Correspondent, Jamalpur
A court here on Wednesday sentenced five members of banned Jama atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 15 years of imprisonment in a case for planning to conduct subversive activities.
The convicts are Saidur Rahman, 40, and Akkas Ali, 38, of Mymensingh s Muktagacha upazila, Saidul Mia, 48, Mohammad Rokunzzaman, 31, and Azizul Haque, 50, of Jamalpur Sadar upazila.
According to the case statement, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) raided one of the convicts Azizul s house on July 15 in 2009 and arrested Saidur and Akkas with iron pipes, bottles, some explosive materials and books on Jihad. According to their confessional statement, the other three convicts were arrested later, he said.
Burdwan blast: India jails Boma Mizan for 29 years
Sun Online Desk
11th February, 2021 11:39:07
A special court in Kolkata has sentenced Jahidul Islam Mizan alias ‘Boma Mizan’, a leader of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), to 29 years in jail in a case filed over explosion at a house in West Bengal s Burdwan district in October 2014.
Suvendu Samanta, special judge of India’s National Investigation Agency, delivered the verdict on Wednesday, the local media reported.
Mizan was sentenced to five years each on five counts and two years each for two other offences, which he will have to undergo consecutively.
Rab’s Deradicalisation Programme: 9 militants surrender to return to normal life
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Nine militants, who had previously severed ties with their families and the society, have decided to return to normal lives, thanks to counselling they received under Rab supervision for between two and six months.
They surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed yesterday.
As part of a new initiative, Rab deradicalised them and reintegrated them into the society.
The nine people include engineer Shawon Muntaha Ibne Shawkat, 34, a young man from Sylhet, and his wife Nusrat Ali Juhi, 29, a doctor.
The husband is an engineer and the wife a doctor. The couple was living happily with two children until the dark cloud of militancy destroyed their lives. The couple became involved in militancy and uncertainty engulfed the whole family. Family members of the couple then took steps to bring them back to normal life, communicating with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) for support.