New Delhi, Dec 31 (UNI) A key accused in the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terror conspiracy case was convicted and sentenced to simple imprisonment (SI) by the Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Guwahati, Assam on December 30, NIA officials said on Wednesday.
The accused, Md. Kamruj Zaman, Dr. Hurairah, and Kamaruddin have been awarded three separate SI punishments, with the maximum of life imprisonment on Tuesday.
The sentences, which will run concurrently, include imprisonment for life under section 18, UA(P) Act, 1967, and five years SI each under section 18B, UA(P) Act, 1967, read with section 120B IPC, and section 38 of UA(P) Act.
The court also awarded the accused Rs. 5,000 as a fine, with three months additional SI in case of default, in each of the three instances.
The case RC 08/2018/NIA-GUW of Jamunamukh, Hojai, Assam, related to a conspiracy by Kamruj Zaman to raise a module of the proscribed HM terror organisation in Assam for carrying out terrorist activities during 2017-18.
The conspiracy was aimed at striking terror into the minds of the people. As per NIA investigations, Kamruj had recruited the accused Sahnawaz Alom, Saidul Alam, Omar Faruk, along with others, for this purpose.
The anti-terror agency had in March 2019 chargesheeted five persons, including the abovementioned four men. While Sahnawaz Alom, Saidul Alam, and Omar Faruk were convicted after they pleaded guilty, the fifth accused, identified as Jaynal Uddin, had died of illness during the course of the trial.
