JMB MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR JAMALPUR KILLING

a Dhaka court sentenced a Majlish-e-Shura member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned Islamist outfit, to death for killing a Christian youth in Jamalpur four years back. Judge Mohammad Israil Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 handed down the sentence to Salahuddin alias Salehin. The court acquitted two other JMB members, Amir Khan and Sharif Monwar, alias Shiplu, as the charges brought against them were not proved. According to the prosecution, a group of JMB members led by Salahuddin killed Hridoy Roy of Sonarcor in Jamalpur's Sarishabari upazila on April 23, 2003, because he allegedly converted poor Muslim locals to Christianity.