Life Sentences for JMB Members in Kolkata for Waging War Against India

Kolkata Court Sentences JMB Members

A Kolkata court has sentenced five members of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including two Bangladeshi nationals, to life imprisonment for waging war against India and procuring weapons for this purpose.

The terrorist organization JMB had been plotting bomb attacks across various states in India. In September 2016, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police apprehended six suspects in West Bengal and Assam, seizing explosives, components for IEDs, documents outlining their plans for attacks in India, and other materials.

Special Judge Rohan Sinha of the City Sessions Court at Bichar Bhavan found five of the six accused guilty and imposed life sentences.

The convicted individuals include Bangladeshi nationals Anwar Hussain Faruk and Mohammad Rubel, along with Maulana Yusuf S.K. from Bardhaman, West Bengal, and Mohammad Sahidul Islam and Jabirul Islam from Assam.

The sixth accused, Abdul Kalam from Bardhaman, was acquitted due to lack of evidence. All five convicted were found guilty under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Section 121 (waging or attempting to wage war against the Government of India) and Section 122 (collecting arms or ammunition for waging war against the Government).