A Chattogram court on Tuesday sentenced a former commander of the banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 20 years imprisonment in two cases filed under the Explosive Substances Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The convict was Ershad Hossain alias Mamun, son of Riazul Islam of Dinajpur district.
Judge of the Chattogram Additional Session Judge Court-4, Shariful Alam Bhuiya delivered the verdict.
The court also fined him Tk 20,000 and in default, he will have to serve another one-year imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, the police arrested Ershad from a house in the city’s Akbar Shah area and seized some explosives, bomb-making materials and some books from his possession on March 23, 2015.
Akbar Shah police station Sub-Inspector Shahidur Rahman filed two separate cases against him under the Explosive Substances Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act.
On April 8, 2016, the police submitted charge sheets against him in the two cases.
The court also acquitted three other people — Bulbul Ahmed Sarkar alias Fuad, 26, Md Sujon, 24, and Mahabubur Rahman alias Khokon, 35, as allegations brought against them could not be proved.
