NIA court sentences two more two more accused in Ansarullah Bangla Team
An ABT module affiliated to the proscribed international terror organisation, the Al Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS) : NIA
New Delhi, January 31
The Special Guwahati Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sentenced two more accused in the ABT (Ansarullah Bangla Team) case of Assam.
Mufti Suleiman Ali and Imran Hossen @ Imran Hossain have been punished with imprisonment and fine under various sections of IPC and UA (P) Act in the case in which seven accused were earlier convicted and sentenced by the special court.
The two accused have been sentenced to Simple Imprisonment of 6 months and fine of Rs 500 (with 14 additional days of SI in case of payment default) u/s 120(B) IPC. They have also been punished with Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for the period already undergone (2 years 8 month 21 days) u/s 20/38/39 UA (P) Act.
The case was registered in March 2022 and relates to an ABT module affiliated to the proscribed international terror organisation, the Al Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS). Headed by Bangladeshi national Saiful Islam alias Haroon Rashid, the module was active in Barpeta district of Assam.
NIA had originally chargesheet eight accused in the case in August 2022, and had subsequently filed a supplementary chargesheet against two others in August 2023.
