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29 BNP men jailed in separate sabotage cases

December 7, 2023, 07:27 PM

29 BNP men jailed in separate sabotage cases

Staff Reporter

Two Dhaka courts on Thursday convicted and sentenced 29 leaders and activists of BNP and its front wings including Juba Dal president Sultan Salauddin Tuku and Swechasebak Dal general secretary Md Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel to different terms of jail in two separate sabotage cases.

Of the two cases, 20 BNP men were sentenced to three-year jail. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury pronounced judgment in the case filed with Shahjahanpur Police Station in 2017, reports BSS.

The 20 convicts are- Tuku, Jewel, BNP Dhaka South city unit member secretary Rafikul Alam Majnu, Md Bhashani Chaklader, Md Mohsin, Md Hanif Hossain Babu, Md Belal Uddin, Md Tarikul Islam Jikir, Md Baten, Kazi Md Jamal, Imran Khan Emon, Md Sohagh Bhuiyan, A Salam Khan, Arifur Rahman Sujon, Sheikh Shahidullah Tipu, Md Jahangir Hossain, Md Abdullah Jamal Chowdhury, Md Selim, Ahmed and Humayun Kabir Nahid.

The court sentenced the 20 convicts to two-year jail under section 148 and 34, while one more year of jail under section 427 and 34. But as the both sentences of jail will run concurrently, the convicts will have to suffer only two-year behind the bars.

Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin convicted and sentenced nine BNP men to two-year jail in the case filed with Gulshan Police Station in 2018.

The nine convicts are-Mehedi Bappi, Mainul Hasan alias Mishu, Shariful, Zakir Hossain, Mojibur Rahman, Mamun Chowdhury, Rubel Hossain, Atikur Rahman and Billal Hossain.