A Dhaka court today (November 23) sentenced 75 leaders and activists of BNP, including Dhaka North Jubo Dal unit's former president SM Jahangir Hossain, to 30 months of rigorous imprisonment each in a sabotage case.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasibul Haque passed the order in presence of Jahangir Hossain and two others, now in jail custody, at the courtroom.

Seventy-two others were declared fugitives and the magistrate convicted them and issued conviction warrants against them, Syed Nazrul Islam, defence lawyer told the matter to media.

The punishment of the fugitives will be effective from the day of their arrest or surrender, said the magistrate in his judgment.

The magistrate acquitted two accused as charges against them were not proven.

However, Sayed Nazrul Islam expressed his dissatisfaction over the verdict.

BDST: 1751 HRS, NOV 23, 2023
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