JMB bomb maker Mizan sentenced to death

A court has sentenced Jahidul Islam Mizan, aka ‘Boma Mizan’, a bomb maker for banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh to death over a bomb attack on a Chattogram court in 2005.

The other suspect in the case, JMB Chattogram Branch Division Commander Jabed Iqbal aka Mohammad, has been sentenced to life in prison.

Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Tribunal Judge Abdul Halim announced the verdict in the case on Sunday.

Jabed Iqbal was in the dock to hear the verdict, while Mizan is currently serving a 29-year prison sentence in India, Monoranjan Das, the public prosecutor at the tribunal, said, reports bdnews24.com.