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ERFAN-REMAND-JAIL
Erfan, his body guard sent to jail after remand
DHAKA, Nov 14, 2020 (BSS) – A court here today sent suspended Dhaka
South City Corporation’s 30 No ward councillor Erfan Salim and his
bodyguard Zahidul Islam to jail after the five-day remand each in two
cases lodged over possession of illegal weapons and narcotics.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam sent the accused to jail
after rejecting their bail pleas as police produced Erfan, also son of
Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Salim, and Zahid before the court after
completion of the five-day remand.
Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Qaisarul Islam on November
8 placed the duo on three-day remand each in arms case, while Dhaka
Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder placed them on two-day
remand each in narcotics case as Investigation officer and Chawkbazar
Police Station inspector Md Delwar Hossain pleaded to place the duo on
total 14-day remand in the two cases.
Erfan and his bodyguard were placed on two-day fresh remand on
November 1 in a case lodged over allegedly assaulting an officer of
Bangladesh Navy and giving him life threat.
Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur on October
28 placed the duo on three-day remand in the case.
Erfan Salim and his men allegedly assaulted Lt. Wasif Ahmad Khan of
Bangladesh Navy in the capital’s Kalabagan signal area in the evening
on October 25.
The navy officer filed the case against Erfan, his bodyguard Md
Zahid, protocol officer AB Siddique Dipu, driver Mizanur Rahman and
2/3 unidentified persons.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on October 26 arrested Erfan from their
old town ancestral home and seized 38 walkie talkie sets, one air gun,
one foreign made pistol, five VPS sets, one handcuff, a drone, and
seven bottles of foreign liquor, among other things.
RAB Mobile Court on the same day sentenced Erfan and his bodyguard
Zahid to a total of one-year imprisonment for keeping illegal foreign
liquor and unauthorized walkie talkie sets and sent them to Dhaka
Central Jail in suburban Keraniganj.
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