Rehennuma Tarannum:

A court in Sirajganj on Sunday sentenced two persons to life term imprisonment in a case filed for drug peddling and abusing.
The court also fined them Tk 20,000 each, in default; they will have to serve six more months in jail.

Md. Nazrul Islam, Justice of the Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-3 in Sirajganj delivered the verdict.

The court also acquitted another accused named Shahidul Islam as the allegation brought against him could not be proved.

The convicts are Rubel Hossain, son of Golam Mostafa of Uttar Uzirpur village in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district and Uzzal Hossain, son of late Abdul Wahab of Lalpur village in Fatullah of Narayanganj. During the verdict, accused were absconding, said, Additional Public Prosecutor Advocate Enamul Karim Shahin.

According to the prosecution brief, acting on a tip-off, a team of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in Sirajganj set a makeshift outpost at Sattikri area on the Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway on October 17, 2012 and recovered 716 bottles of Indian Phensidyl after conducting a search.
During the drive, the team members also nabbed Rubel and Uzzal in that connection.

Shibnath Kumar, Inspector of DNC in Sirajganj filed a case with the respective police station in this connection.

The arrestees also later went absconding after securing bail.