Who are these JMB men?
Of the three JMB men who were snatched this morning, Salahuddin and Hafez Mahmud served as members of the militant outfit's majlish-e-shura (highest policymaking body) while Boma Mizan was an ehsar (full-timer).
Salahuddin alias Salehin
- Salauddin Ahmed alias Salehin
- Hailing from Narayanganj
- A Majlish-e-Shura member of JMB supervising activities in Sylhet-Mymensingh region
- Arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion in April 25, 2006
- Accused in total of 33 cases
- Awarded death penalty for killing a Christian youth in Jamalpur in 2003
- Sentenced to different terms of imprisonment in nine other cases
- Accused of attacking Prof Humayun Azad on February 27, 2004
Rakib alias Hafez Mahmud
- Mohammad Rakib Hasan Russell alias Hafez Mahmud
- Hailing from Beltoli in Melaldoho upazila of Jamalpur
- Former teacher of Baluaghata Girls High School
- An Afghan war veteran
- Majhlis-e-Shura member and JMB commander of Khulna division
- Arrested in February 28, 2006 from Dhaka
- Awarded death penalty for killing a Christian youth in Jamalpur in 2003
- Sentenced to different terms of imprisonment in three other cases
Mizan alias 'Boma' Mizan
- Zahidul Islam alias 'Boma' Mizan
- Hailing from Shekherbhita in Jamalpur Sadar upazila
- Formerly a computer shop worker in Tangail
- JMB 'ehsar' (full-timer) since 2001, spearheading re-organisation attempt with new chief Saidur Rahman
- Visited Afghanistan
- Trained the militants how to make bombs and improvised grenades
- Played significant role in the countrywide synchronized bomb blasts
- Accused in 19 other cases
- Captured on May 14, 2009 from capital's Mirpur
- Sentenced to life term imprisonment in an arms case
- Also jailed in different terms four other cases
- Sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each for bomb attack on a judge in 2005
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