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DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced to death two Islamic militants for gunning down a police informant eight years ago, a prosecutor said.
A fast-track court handed down the sentences after earlier convicting the pair, both in their 20s and members of banned militant outfit Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), said prosecutor Taslima Yesmin.
One of the men protested against the severity of the sentence, shouting out that he was a minor at the time of the shooting in 2006.
“They were found guilty of obstructing state duties and shooting at a police source on Dec 29, 2006. The source later died in a hospital, “Yesmin said.
Published in Dawn, November 27th, 2014
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Nov 27, 2014 09:10am
The younger brother has moved on to common-sense courts, rule of law and justice where things like Blasphemy laws are unthinkable. When will the elder have an elite who are responsible and patriotic enough to ever learn this?
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Nov 27, 2014 11:42am
The mayhem continues in Bangladesh, without a single word uttered by Pakistan's Foreign Office condemning the inhuman and biased treatment of Bangladesh Government against these "once upon a time" patriotic Pakistanis.
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Nov 27, 2014 03:51pm
@Khalil Anwer Hassan
Once upon a time you to were Indian.
So..
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Nov 28, 2014 04:29am
@joe What is your point?
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