BSS-26 Five cops remanded in narcotics case

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Five cops remanded in narcotics case

DHAKA, Sept 16, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today placed five policemen
on remand in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kanak Barua placed Gulshan Police Station
assistant sub-inspector Masud Ahmed Miaji, 44, Armed Police Battalion (APBn)
constable Proshant Mandal, 23, and nayek Md Jahangir Alam, 27, on three-day
remand.

The court also placed APBn constables Md Roni Mollah, 21, and Md
Shariful Islam, 23, on two-day remand as investigation officer Inspector
Paridesh Chandra produced the accused before court and pleaded to place them
on seven-day remand.

Being tipped off, Uttara East Police Station team and APBn detained the
five in separate raids last night.

According to the case documents, the accused on September 11, detained a
yaba paddler at a check post in Gulshan Gudara Ghat area. They however, let
the accused go, keeping the seized yaba to themselves for selling illegally.

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