The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Sylhet

Executed JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman's wife Nurjahan Begum Rupa and their daughter Arifa Begum were released on bail from Sylhet central jail yesterday.

Jail authorities released them at noon after receiving the copy of their bail-bond on Monday.

Earlier on August 28, a High Court Division bench granted them bail for six months in the much-talked-about explosion case filed with Kotwali police station in the city.

Shaikh Abdur Rahman and several members of his family were arrested along with huge explosives from Surya Dighal house at Shaplabagh in the city on March 2, 2006.

After their arrest, a case was filed against 13 persons, mostly belong to his family.

Police submitted chargesheets against eight people, including Shaikh Rahman, his wife and daughter.

Shaikh Rahman and five other JMB kingpins were hanged on March 31, 2007 for killing two judges in Jhalakathi district in a bomb attack in November, 2005.