5 JMB men given death penalty for killing Kunio Hoshi

A Rangpur court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to five members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi murder case.

Judge Naresh Chandra Sarkar of the Rangpur Special Judges Court handed down the verdict.

 Among the  convicted, Masud Rana alias Mamun alias Montri, Ishak Ali, Liton Mia alias Rafiq, Sakhwat Hossain are now in jail while Ahsanulla is on the run.

The court also exempted JMB member Abu Sayeed from the case.

Earlier, on 15 November 2016, a court framed charges against seven members of banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Hoshi Kunio murder case.

On 3 October 2015, Hoshi Kunio, 65, was gunned down by unknown assailants near his farmhouse at Kachu Alutary in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur district.

Source: Prothom Alo