Silchar, Jan. 1 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Guwahati on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a key accused in a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terror conspiracy case linked to Assam, awarding him life imprisonment along with additional jail terms and fines. The accused, Mohd Kamruz Zaman, also known as Dr. Hurairah and Kamaruddin, was found guilty of conspiring to set up a module of the proscribed HM terror outfit in Assam to carry out terrorist activities during 2017-18. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment under Section 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). He was also awarded two additional sentences of five years' simple imprisonment each under Section 18B of the UAPA read with Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 38 of the UAPA. All sentences will run concurrently. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.5,000 in each of the three counts, with an additional three months' simple imprisonment in case of default. The case was registered at Jamunamukh in Hojai district in 2018, pertained to a conspiracy aimed at spreading terror by establishing an HM network. The NIA had filed a chargesheet in March 2019 against five accused. Three of them were earlier convicted while the fifth died during the trial....