Dhaka: A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday handed out death sentence to two terrorists of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and life imprisonment to another three for the murder of a university professor in 2016. Judge 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 Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, bdnews24.com reported. “Three other accused, who were aware of the plan but did not participate in the killing, were handed life-term jail sentence,” said Public Prosecutor Entajul Haque. Professor Siddiquee was hacked to death on April 23, 2016 while he was waiting for a university bus. In November 2016, the Bangladeshi police charged eight JMB members with the murder, three of whom were killed in a shootout with the police.

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2018 18:00 UTC