PATNA: A special NIA court here on Friday awarded life imprisonment to three members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and 10-year rigorous imprisonment to five other members of the same terror outfit for their involvement in 2018 Bodh Gaya Blast case.
The three who were awarded life imprisonment included Mohammad Paigambar Sheikh, Ahmad Ali alias Kalu and Nur Alam Momin.
The special court of ADJ-XV Gurvinder Singh Malhotra simultaneously also handed over 10-year rigorous imprisonment to five other JMB terrorists – Dilawar Hossain, Abdul Karim, Mustafizur Rehman, Arif Hussain and Mohammad Adil Sheikh. All convicts hail from Murshidabad in West Bengal.
Appearing for NIA, its special public prosecutor Lallan Prasad Sinha and additional public prosecutor Pramod Kumar had left it to the court to decide the fate of the convicted terrorists as they had already confessed to their involvement in the terror act. The court had convicted them on December 10 after accepting their confessional petitions.
The ninth accused, Mohammad Jehidul Islam alias Kausar, a Bangladeshi national and head of JMB’s India wing, is still facing trial in the case as he has not moved any confessional petition before the NIA court yet.
As per NIA, Jehidul and Mustafizur were senior members of JMB in India. They had planned the bombings on Buddhist symbols in retribution to the alleged atrocities committed on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
They had planted IEDs near Kalchakra ground, gate number four of the Mahabodhi temple and near the entrance of a Sri Lankan monastery in Bodh Gaya on January 19, 2018. The IED planted below a generator set near the ground had exploded. The other two IEDs were diffused by security personnel.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs 39,000 each on Paigambar, Ahmad and Nur while sentencing them to life imprisonment under Sections 121, 121A, 122, 123 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and other relevant sections of The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and The Explosives Substances Act.
Dilawar, Abdul and Arif were fined Rs 34,000 each and Mustafizur and Adil Rs 34,000 each under different sections of IPC and two other Acts.
As per NIA chargesheet, the terrorists had made Masaurhi in eastern Patna and Jehanabad their hideouts. They had also held meetings in Chennai.
NIA had filed chargesheet against Paigambar, Ahmad and Nur on September 27, 2018. It later filed a supplementary chargesheet against other six terrorists on January 28, 2019.
The three who were awarded life imprisonment included Mohammad Paigambar Sheikh, Ahmad Ali alias Kalu and Nur Alam Momin.
The special court of ADJ-XV Gurvinder Singh Malhotra simultaneously also handed over 10-year rigorous imprisonment to five other JMB terrorists – Dilawar Hossain, Abdul Karim, Mustafizur Rehman, Arif Hussain and Mohammad Adil Sheikh. All convicts hail from Murshidabad in West Bengal.
Appearing for NIA, its special public prosecutor Lallan Prasad Sinha and additional public prosecutor Pramod Kumar had left it to the court to decide the fate of the convicted terrorists as they had already confessed to their involvement in the terror act. The court had convicted them on December 10 after accepting their confessional petitions.
The ninth accused, Mohammad Jehidul Islam alias Kausar, a Bangladeshi national and head of JMB’s India wing, is still facing trial in the case as he has not moved any confessional petition before the NIA court yet.
As per NIA, Jehidul and Mustafizur were senior members of JMB in India. They had planned the bombings on Buddhist symbols in retribution to the alleged atrocities committed on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
They had planted IEDs near Kalchakra ground, gate number four of the Mahabodhi temple and near the entrance of a Sri Lankan monastery in Bodh Gaya on January 19, 2018. The IED planted below a generator set near the ground had exploded. The other two IEDs were diffused by security personnel.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs 39,000 each on Paigambar, Ahmad and Nur while sentencing them to life imprisonment under Sections 121, 121A, 122, 123 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and other relevant sections of The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and The Explosives Substances Act.
Dilawar, Abdul and Arif were fined Rs 34,000 each and Mustafizur and Adil Rs 34,000 each under different sections of IPC and two other Acts.
As per NIA chargesheet, the terrorists had made Masaurhi in eastern Patna and Jehanabad their hideouts. They had also held meetings in Chennai.
NIA had filed chargesheet against Paigambar, Ahmad and Nur on September 27, 2018. It later filed a supplementary chargesheet against other six terrorists on January 28, 2019.
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