<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A Kurigram court on Thursday sentenced six members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case filed over the murder of a freedom fighter.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kurigram District and Sessions Court Judge Abdul Mannan passed the order.</div><div><br></div><div>The death row convicts are&nbsp; Rajib Gandhi, Riazul Islam alias Mehedi, Firoz Hasan alias Mokhles, Mahabyb Hasan Milon, and Abu Nasir alias Rubel and Golam Rabbani(absconding).</div><div><br></div><div>Among the seven accused in this case, Saddam Hossain died in a gunfight with the law enforcers while the case was under trial.</div><div><br></div><div>On March 22, 2016, some militants attacked freedom fighter Hossain Ali, who converted to Christianity, when he was out on a morning walk in Kurigram town.</div><div><br></div><div>After stabbing him with sharp weapons they exploded several cocktails and fled from the spot.</div><div><br></div><div>His son Ruhul Amin Azad, next day filed two separate cases under the Explosive Substances Act.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 5 that year, a charge sheet&nbsp; in these cases were submitted filed and the court framed charges on October 21, 2018. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>