Shahadat Hossain Master Murder in Rajshahi
Seven JMB men get life, another jailed for a year
The activists of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), convicted of murder of local Awami League leader Shahadat Hossain Master at Baliadanga village in Bagmara upazila in 2009, being taken to Rajshahi Jail yesterday. insetShahadat Hossain MasterStar
A speedy trial tribunal here yesterday sentenced seven activists of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life term imprisonment for killing Awami League leader Shahadat Hossain Master in 2009. Tribunal judge Ekramul Haque Chowdhury also fined Tk 30,000 each, in default, to suffer one year more in jail, said public prosecutor (PP) Entajul Haque Babu. The convicts are -- Shamsul Islam, his brother Ansar Ali, Ashraful Islam, Amzad Hossain, his son Mamunur Rashid, cousin Abdur Razzak and Ansar's son Tuton. The PP said Mahbubur Rahman, Shamsul's nephew and JMB cadre, was also convicted in the case and sentenced to one year imprisonment. The tribunal, however, acquitted three JMB men -- Shamsul's son Bidyut and Masud and Shahriar Ali, he said. All the 11 accused in the case were present in the dock during the judgement. Of the accused, Bidyut, Tuton, Ashraful and Razzak were in jail custody while others on bail. According to the prosecution story, Shahadat Hossain Master, a local Awami League leader was killed near his house on 15 May in 2009. A group of JMB cadres led by Shamsul, a close aide to JMB's executed leader Siddikul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, abducted Shahadat at gun point at noon and hacked him to death around 250 yards away from his house. Shahadat's son Emdadul Haque filed a case with Bagmara police station against 15 people. Sub inspector Babul Akhtar of the PS pressed charges against the 11 on October 6 in 2009. The case was transferred to the speedy tribunal in early 2010 and the tribunal recorded deposition of 16, out of 26 prosecution witnesses. The trial was withheld for months between November 2010 and February 2011 following a High Court order. Plaintiff Emdadul Haque, however, was not happy with the judgement. He said he thought that the accused would get capital punishment as they murdered his father in broad daylight.
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