A court in on Tuesday handed out death sentence to two militants of the banned Jamaatul (JMB) and to another three for the murder of a university in 2016. Shirin Kabita Akhter, of a special judicial body in the northern city of Rajshahi, handed the death penalty to two JMB men for participating directly in the murder of Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, bdnews24.com reported. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State terror group, which accused him of "promoting atheism". In November 2016, the charged eight JMB members with the murder, three of whom were killed in a shootout with the police. --IANSsoni/mr(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2018 14:37 UTC