A Chapainawabganj court on Thursday afternoon sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in a case filed over drugs smuggling in 2019.
The convicted was Monirul Islam, 54, son of Saidur Rahman of Belepukur area under Chapainawabganj municipality. Another accused of the case Md. Ujjal, 44, was acquitted as the charge against him was not proved.
The court fined him Taka 50,000, in default, to suffer six months more in jail.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Md. Rabiul Islam gave the verdict in presence of the convict.
The prosecution story, in brief, is that acting on a tip-off, an operation team of the RAB-5 conducted a raid at Dariapur truck terminal area in Chapainawabganj municipality on February 1, 2019 and arrested Monirul Islam with 1.050 kilograms of heroin but his cohort Ujjal managed to flee from the scene.
Sub-inspector (SI) Anup Das of RAB filed a case with Chapainawabganj Sadar Model Police Station on the same day.
Investigating Officer (IO) of the case SI Md. Tajmul Islam of police submitted charge-sheet to the court accusing Monirul and Ujjal on March 8, 2019.
After a long hearing, the court announced the verdict, the court sources added.
