Bagerhat: After his execution on Sunday night for killing two judges of Jhalakati back in 2005, Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Asadul Islam alias Arif was buried at Udaypur Uttarkandi village in Bagerhat in the early hours of Monday.

Asadul was buried at the graveyard near his father-in-law’s house at Udaypur Uttarkandi village in the upazila at about 1:30am after a namaj-e-janaza, said the Mollahat Police Officer-in-charge ANM Khairul Anam.

After an autopsy, the authorities of Khulna District Jail handed over Asadul’s body to his wife Khadija Begum.

An ambulance carrying the body of Asadul left Khulna District Jail premises for Bagerhat after his execution at about 10:30pm on Sunday.

Two judges—Jagannath Pandey and Shahid Sohel Ahmed—were killed in a suicide bomb attack at Purba Chadkati in the district town of Jhalakati on 14 November, 2005.

JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, his second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, Rahman’s younger brother Ataur Rahman Sunny, his son-in-law Abdul Awal Molla alias Omar alias Shakil Ahmed, Amjad Hossain alias Khalid Saifullah, Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun and Asadul were awarded death sentence by the trial court in Jhalakati on 29 May, 2006 for killing the two judges.

The Appellate Division had upheld death penalty of six JMB leaders in the sensational killing case. The six former militants were executed on 29 March, 2007.

Asadul, who had been on the run, was arrested from Mymensingh on 10 July, 2007.

On 28 August  last, the Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by Asadul seeking review of its earlier judgment that upheld his death penalty.