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HEROIN-YOUTH-JAILED
Youth gets life for possessing heroin in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, April 19, 2019 (BSS)-A trial court here on Thursday sentenced a
drug peddler to life in prison as the court found him guilty of possessing
100 grams of heroin.
The convict is Sujan Ali, 25, son of Piarul Islam of Mohishalbari village
under Godagari Upazila in the district. He was also fined Taka 10,000, in
default, to suffer one year more behind the bars.
Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Anup Kumar found Sujan guilty of the charge
and handed down the verdict in presence of the convict.
The prosecution story, in brief, is that, on a tip off, a police team
arrested Sujan Ali with 100 grams of heroin after raiding a human hauler in
Hatpara area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway under the same upazila in
the district on July 21, 2017.
Subsequently, a case was lodged with Godagari Police Station on the same
day. Upon completion of investigation, police pressed charges accusing Sujan
Ali.
After examining the recorded deposition of prosecution witnesses and other
relevant evidences the court handed down the aforesaid rigorous life
imprisonment.
Special Public Prosecutor Entajul Haque Babu conducted the case on behalf
of the state.
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