Judge Biplob Goswami fixed the date yesterday as deposition of prosecution witnesses ended.

The two cases are among the six filed in connection with blasts that took

place in different areas of Sylhet city on August 17. The two cases were filed in connection with blasts near the Collectorate building and at Ambarkhana.

Two persons were injured in the blasts near the Collactorate building.

During quizzing, both the accused-Abdul Hai and Mohsin Khan, Ehsar members of outlawed JMB--confessed to their involvement in the blasts. They also made similar confessional statements before a first class magistrate.

Mohsin Khan, 27, is son of late Rusmot Ali of Kaziatal village of Muradnagar upazila and Abdul Hai, 27, is son of late Abdul Malek of Asadnagar village under Bhrahmanpara upazila in Comilla district. Both were teachers at Sengram Dakhil Madrasa in Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet. While serving as teachers, they got involved with JMB, they said.

Sylhet Kotwali Police submitted charge sheet of the case to Sylhet Sadar cognizance magistrate court against the two accused.

The same tribunal on July 10 gave the two accused 10 years RI in one of the cases of August 17 blasts. The judge also fined the JMB cadres Tk 5,000 each in default to serve one year prison term.

This was the first verdict in one case among 10 filed in Sylhet in connection with the August 17 blasts.