DHAKA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A High Court Division Bench in Bangladesh has upheld death sentence for six militants for 2005 deadly bombings at a court in Gazipur district adjacent to capital Dhaka leaving eight people including four lawyers dead.
The High Court division bench on Thursday delivered the verdict giving the death sentence to six militants -- Enayet Ullah, Arifur Rahman, Saidur Rahman Munsi,Abdullah Al Sohain, Nizam Uddin Reza, Taibur Rahman Hassan, affiliated with the banned outfits Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
After hearing the death references and defendants' appeal, the bench also ordered life in prison for two and acquitted two others from the charges laid against them.
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