Blast on traffic police box: Charges framed against 15 JMB operatives
A Chattogram court yesterday framed charges against 15 operatives of "Neo JMB", including an expatriate, in connection with a case filed over the bomb blast at a traffic police box in the city's Sholoshahar Gate-2 area on February 28, 2020, which left five men including two cops injured.
Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Tribunal judge Abdul Halim framed the charges after hearing the sides of the defence and prosecution in presence of 13 JMB men, reports our Chattogram staff correspondent quoting court sources.
The accused are Md Saifullah, 24, Md Emran, 24, Md Alauddin, 23, Mohidul Alam, 25, Md Jahir Uddin, 28, Md Moinuddin, 23, Md Rahmat Ullah, 24, Md Shahed Hossen, 24, Md Selim, 33, Abdullah Al Noman, 25, Abdul Khaiyum, 24, Kaisar Uddin, 21, Md Morshedul Alam, 25, and UAE expatriate Md Shahjahan, 28.
According to the charge sheet, Noman was the military commander of the group.
A juvenile accused in the case would be tried in the juvenile court, said the court sources.
Advocate Rubel Pal, public prosecutor (PP) of the tribunal, said "The court framed charges implicating the 15 JMB men. Among the 15 accused, 13 were present. Two accused are out on bail in the case from High Court."
"After the hearing, 11 JMB men were sent to jail," he added.
Earlier, Counter Terrorism Division of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Sub-Inspector (SI) Sanjoy Guha submitted the charge sheet.
In the charge sheet, SI Sanjoy Guha mentioned that the accused are the operatives of banned militant outfit Neo JMB and they tried to get public attention and support for their activities by carrying out sabotage in government establishment and killing government employees.
Traffic Sergeant Arafat, Assistant Sub-Inspector Atauddin and three pedestrians were injured when a remote control bomb went off in the city's Sholoshahar area on the night of February 28, 2020. According to SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks online activities of jihadists, IS claimed responsibility for the police box attack similar to Dhaka and Khulna. However, police ruled out the IS link.
Following the incident, police filed a case accusing unknown persons with Panchlaish Police Station.
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