One gets life in C’nawabganj

BSS, Chapainawabganj :

A Chapainawabganj court on Monday afternoon sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment and also fined him Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer two-year more in jail.

The convicted person was Sayem Ali, 20, son of Abdul Malek of Unishbighi village under Shibganj upazila of the district. Another accused– Shahriar Kamal alias Dalim– of the case was acquitted from the charges.

Senior Sessions Judge of Chapainawabganj Md. Adeeb Ali pronounced the verdict in presence of the convict.

According to the prosecution story, acting on a tip-off, a team of the BGB from 59 battalion conducted a raid in a turmeric field at Namochakpara under Shahbajpur union of Shibganj upazila and arrested Sayem with 2.852 kilograms of heroin on December 18, 2020 at night but another person fled away the scene.

On December 19, 2020, next day of the incident, Nayeb Subedar Renu Mia of the BGB of Chakpara Border Outpost filed a case against Sayem with the Shibganj thana.

Investigating Officer (IO) of the case Sub-inspector Md. Nurunnabi of Shibganj thana submitted charge sheet against Sayem and Dalim to the court on January 28, 2021.