National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kolkata on February 10, sentenced Kausar, a Bangladeshi national and head of proscribed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in India to 29 years in jail for his role in the October 2, 2014 bomb blast in a rented house at Khagragarh in West Bengal's Bardhaman District, reports bignewsnetwork.com. The NIA in a statement said that Kausar was convicted by the court under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 125 of the IPC (waging or attempt to wage war against the government of any Asiatic power in alliance or at peace with the government of India). The court also fined him INR 35,000. Kausar, a resident of village Shekharbhita in Jamalpur District of Bangladesh, is also an accused in the 2018 Bodhgaya, Bihar blast as well.