Order to produce Sunny, 4 others before court May 31

By Court Correspondent
8 May 2006, 18:00 PM
A Dhaka court yesterday again directed the authorities concerned to produce military commander of banned Jama,atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Ataur Rahman Sunny and four others before it on May 31 in two cases.

Judge Mohammad Momin Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order as the jail authorities did not produce them before the court yesterday.

The two cases were filed with Sabujbagh Police Station, one under Arms Act and the other under Explosive Substances Act, against Sunny and six others on December 14 last year.

On March 14, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) pressed charges against Sunny and four others.

The other accused are Sunny's friend Fariduzzaman Swapan, JMB Gazipur regional commander Enayet Ullah (Jewel), Kamrul (Sumon, also known as Zahidul) and Alamgir (Bijoy).

Sumon and Alamgir have been absconding while others are now in custody.

Rab dropped the names of Monir and Abul Khair, landlords of Sunny, from the charge sheet, as evidence leading to their involvement with JMB was inconclusive.

Sunny, younger brother of Abdur Rahman and also a member of JMB's top tier Majlish-e-Shura, masterminded the countrywide August 17 blasts. He was arrested at Tejgaon Polytechnic Institute on December 13 last year.

Following his information, Rab had seized 56 items of arms, ammunition, explosives, bomb-making materials, and books on jihad from the house of Abul Khair at South Manda Sabujbagh area in the city.