Charges not framed against 5 JMB men
Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court could not frame charges against five banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members in two cases as one of them were not produced before it yesterday.Judge Mohammad Momin Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's arges against them and directed the authorities concerned to produce all the five JMB members on the day. The cases -- one under the Arms Act and the other under the Explosive Substances Act -- were filed with Uttara Police Station on January 5. The accused are Wahidul Islam, 20, Shafiqul Islam, 30, Hafez Ibrahim, 30, Abdullah Al Faruq, 21, and Hanif Munshi, 22. Of them, Hanif was not produced before the court yesterday. Earlier on April 10, the court had directed the authorities concerned to produce the five JMB members before it yesterday in connection with two cases. The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on March 30 pressed charges against the five JMB members, showing 36 people as prosecution witnesses. The investigation officer dropped the name of Shakil alias Mollah Omar from the charge sheet as he was killed in a fight with the law enforcers in Comilla on March 12. Later, Rab arrested Abdullah Al Faruq and Hanif on the basis of information given by the arrestees.
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