5 radical Islamists jailed in Bangladesh over 2005 blasts
5 radical Islamists jailed in Bangladesh over 2005 blasts
Published: 02:30 pm Jan 18, 2016
NEW DELHI: A court in Bangladesh has sentenced five alleged radical Islamists to 10 years in jail after finding them guilty of carrying out a series of explosions in 2005 to demand Shariah law in the Muslim-majority nation. Police Inspector Mominul Islam said the court sentenced the members of the banned Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh group on Monday. The group is accused of exploding hundreds of homemade bombs across the country almost simultaneously in August 2005 to press their campaign for Shariah law in a country where the legal system is based on British common law.