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