SC turns down militant Arif's review petition

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by JMB militant Asadul Islam Arif, pleading to review his death sentence in two Jhalakathi judges murder case, reports the BSS.

 

A five-member Appellate Division panel headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order this morning.

 

Senior assistant judges Sohel Ahammed and Jagannath Pare were killed in a suicide bomb attack at Purba Chadkati area in Jhalakathi town on November 14, 2005.

 

On May 29, 2006, a Jhalakathi court sentenced to death seven leaders of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its founder Shaykh Abdur Rahman, its military head Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai, its majlish-e-shura members Ataur Rahman Sunny, Abdul Awal and Khaled Saifullah, suicide bomber Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun and Asadur Rahman Arif.

 

All the convicts but Arif were hanged on March 29, 2007, as he was on the run at that time. He was arrested on July 10, 2007 from Mymensingh and later filed appeal against his sentence.