Truck driver and helper get life imprisonment in Sirajganj phensedyl case
A court in Sirajganj has sentenced a truck driver and his helper to life imprisonment in a case over the recovery of 530 bottles of banned Indian phensedyl. Each of them was also fined Tk 50,000, with a further three months of rigorous imprisonment in default.
Judge Abu Khan Shahin Kanak of the Additional Sessions Judge-2 court delivered the verdict on Tuesday (November 3) afternoon. Both accused were present in court when the verdict was announced. After the verdict, convicts Russell Mia and Anwar Hossain were taken to jail.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Md Anisur Rahman confirmed the information.
The convicts are truck driver Russell Mia (52), son of Atoar Hossain of Kankaka Natunpara area under Bagatipara Police Station in Natore, and truck helper Anwar Hossain (30), son of Siraj Sarkar of the same area.
According to the case statement, on the night of April 24, 2013, a police team led by then ASI Md Ziaur Rahman of Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station raided the Bangabandhu Bridge West roundabout area and stopped a truck bearing the number Jessore-3-11-1233. A search of the truck recovered 530 bottles of banned Indian phensedyl, and driver Russell Mia and helper Anwar Hossain were detained.
ASI Md Ziaur Rahman later filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act at Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station as the complainant. After a long trial process and the recording of witness testimony and evidence, the court delivered the verdict today.
