Two JMB men get 17 years jail in Khulna

KHULNA, July 18 (BSS): A court here today sentenced two members of banned militant organization Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 17 years and six months imprisonment in an Explosive Act case filed in 2020.

Judge of Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal Rozina Akhter announced the verdict in a crowded courtroom in the presence of the JMB men after examining 22 witnesses, Public Prosecutor (PP) Md Showkat Ali Suza said.

Court sources said, police arrested two youths near Gallamary area in the city with huge bomb making materials on January 25, 2020.

Momtazul Islam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sonadanga Police Station, filed a case the next day against them.