Sheikh Hasina attempted murder case convict sent to jail
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
PABNA, June 27 (BSS): A Pabna court has sent to jail Jakaria Pintu, convicted in a case lodged over attempt to murder the then leader of the opposition in Parliament and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
According to case statement, the convict along with others launched an attack on a train carrying Sheikh Hasina in Pabna in 1994.
Pabna Special Tribunal-2 sent Pintu (50) to jail on Monday as police produced him before the court.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Pintu from Teknaf on June 25 and handed him over to Ishwardi Police the next day. He was given to the custody of district detective branch (DB) of police in the night due to the security reason.
Jakaria Pintu, former general secretary of Ishwardi city BNP, was sentenced to death along with eight others on July 3, 2019.