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Three get 21yrs jail for keeping arms

Update : 31 Aug 2016, 07:59 PM
Mosammat Bilkis Akter, the joint metropolitan session judge and also the judge in the Special Tribunal 7, handed down the verdict against Nurunnabi alias Maxon, Sarwar alias Babla, and Manik alias Gittu Manik, said Public Prosecutor (PP) Nizam Uddin. The court sentenced the trio to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment under Arms Act 19 (A) and seven years more under Arms Act 19 (F), said the PP. Nizam said the court delivered the verdict in presence of Maxon and Sarwar while Manik remained absconding. According to the prosecution, Bayezid police had arrested Maxon and Sarwar from Bishwa Road intersection area of Brahmanbaria Sadar in a special drive on July 4 in 2011. Later, based on their confessional statement, the police had conducted a search at the house of their cohort Manik and recovered an AK-47 rifle, 27 rounds of bullets of AK-47 rifle, a foreign-made pistol, a light gun and three bullets on July 6 in 2011. The police filed an arms case accusing them and the charge-sheet of the case was submitted to the court on August 8, 2011.
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