Magistrate Shafali Begum also fined them Tk 10,000 each. If they fail to pay, they will have to suffer ten more months in prison.

The convicts are Dr Shamsul Haque, 40, his brother Moklesh, 37, Abdur Rahman, 32, Abdul Mannan, 26, Nazmul Haque, 30, Abdul Hye 50, Shahidullah alias Hattu, 35, Fulbor Hossain, 35, Hatem Ali, 18, Mohammed Ali, 60, Sekander Ali, 26, Motaleb alias Hira Kholifa, 45, Shaheed Ali Master, 37, Abu Bakkar Sidiquee, 56 and Abdul Munshi, 45. They all hail from Muktagachcha in Mymensingh.

A team of Rapid Action Battalion during a raid arrested the 15 JMB men from Chatal village in Muktagacha on May 7.