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Papia, husband sentenced to 20-year imprisonment in arms case
DHAKA, Oct 12, 2020 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today sentenced expelled Jubo
Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon
to 20-year imprisonment in an arms case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh passed the order,
sentencing the couple 20-year imprisonment in one section of the act, while
they were sentenced to seven-year imprisonment in another.
Both the sentence would run concurrently, meaning the couple would have
to suffer total 20 years behind the bars.
The court on September 27 set today to pronounce judgement as both the
prosecution and defence concluded their closing arguments and rebuttal in the
case.
The prosecution on September 8 ended their testimony in the case as they
produced a total of 12 witnesses on different hearing dates.
The court on August 23 framed charges in the case.
Investigation officer (IO) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Sub-
Inspector Arifuzzaman filed charge-sheet against the couple in the case on
June 29, making 12 people witnesses.
Earlier on February 22, RAB arrested Papia and her husband, along with
two of their accomplices, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with
counterfeit banknotes, foreign currencies and cash.
RAB later raided their two luxurious flats in the capital’s Indira Road
area and recovered a foreign-made pistol, two magazines, 20 bullets, five
bottles of foreign liquor and Taka 58.41 lakh in cash, among other things.
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