Jhenaidah, June 25 (UNB) - A court here on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for possessing 24 bottles of Phensidyl syrup.
MG Azam, judge of the Additional Session’s Judge Second Court, delivered the verdict.
The convict is Anisur Rahman alias Chair, son of Shahjahan Mondal of Makardhajpur village in Maheshpur upazila. He was also fined Tk 5000, in default, he will have to serve one more year in prison.
According to the prosecution, on the basis of secret information, police arrested Anisur along with 24 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from in front of his house on June 3, 2012.
A case was filed the following day. The investigation officer of the case pressed charges against him after investigation.