Rajshahi district and session judge Abu Bakkar Siddique granted their bail prayers following petitions from the accused after they had been rejected by a magistrate court in February.

The same court on April 7 granted bail to 42 JMJB cadres. They were arrested after several hundred JMJB cadres fought with police leaving eight policemen injured on January 24.

Those who were released this time include Mustafizur Rahman Mustaque, Abdus Sattar Master, Hafez Abdul Momen, Abdul Mannan, Faruk, Saiful, Jonab Ali, Abdul Jalil, Abdus Subhan, Md Ali, Moyen, Lokman, Belal, Rashid, Shafi, Siddik, Abdus Sattar, Matiur Rahman, Mofiz Uddin, Abul Kalam Azad, Fazlur Rahan and Khalekuzzaman.

On January 22, a huge mob lynched three JMJB cadres while their group was fleeing a foiled attempt of assassinating Awami League leader Mokbul Mridha after bombing another Awami League leader Mahbub to death on the same day.

Police said they were taken on remand thrice but denied to give out any information except for the fact that they were members of the JMJB.

Meanwhile, the JMJB cadres held showdowns in different groups at Taherpur Bazar, Hamirkutsa, Maria and Sikdari Bazar till last evening while a number of JMJB cadres from outside the upazila were seen roaming around the areas, said a source at Bagmara.

"The cadres who went in hiding since the last few months were roaming in public after the arrested JMJB leaders were released", he said.