Chuadanga, Sept 17 (UNB) – A tribunal here has sentenced a young man to life imprisonment in a gold smuggling case.

The lifer is Selim Miah, 24, son of Abdul Quader of Karpasdanga village in Damurhuda upazila.

According to the prosecution, a patrol team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained Selim along with 1.648 kg gold from near Darshana Filling Station in Jibannagar upazila on October 31, 2018.

Havildar Shawkat Ali of BGB Chuadanga Battalion-6 had filed a case in this regard.

Judge of the Special Tribunal-1 M Rabiul Islam handed down the verdict on Monday afternoon after examining the records and witnesses.

Chattogram, Sept 16 (UNB) – Police arrested three people including a staff of the local election office for allegedly helping Rohingyas to get National Identity Card (NID) in the city on Monday night. 

The arrestees were identified as Md Joynal Abedin, 35, office assistant of Double Mooring Election Office, Bijoy Das, 26, and his sister Sima Das, 24, residents of Patiya upazila. 

Chattogram Election Officer Munir Hossain Chowdhury said they arrested three people including election office assistant Joynal for helping Rohingyas to get NID cards and handed them over to police.   

Mohammad Mohasin, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said they got information from election office and police were sent to the spot. 
 

Sylhet, Sept 16 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday night arrested 17 gamblers from South Surma and Sobbahighat areas in the city.

Members of Rab-9 arrested eight gamblers from Subahanighat area at 10:30 pm and nine others from a tea stall near Sylhet Railway Station at 11:50pm, said Additional Police Superintendent, Md Mniruzzaman of Rab-9 (media).

The arrestees were later handed over to the police of Kotowali Police Station and South Surma Police Station, he said.
 

Kushtia, Sept 16 (UNB) – A court here on Monday sentenced a young man to life imprisonment in a case filed for possessing drugs.

Judge of the District and Session’s Judge Court Arup Kumar Goswami handed down the verdict in the presence of the convict, Milton, 30.

According to the prosecution, police arrested Milton while selling heroin from Boalia in Daulatpur upazila on April 19, 2018. Later, 60 grams of heroin was recovered from his possession.

Shariful Islam, sub-inspector of Daulatpur Police Station, filed a case in this regard.

Police submitted a charge-sheet on August 31, 2018 following investigation.
 

Cox’s Bazar, Sept 16, (UNB) – Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two youths from Kata Pahar and Kabita Chattar areas in the town on Monday.

One of the deceased was identified as Rifat (25), of Baharchara area of the town while the identity of another deceased could not be known yet.

Farid Uddin Khandokar, officer-in-charge of Cox’s Bazar Sadar model police station said a gunfight might have taken place between two groups of drug dealers in the early morning.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to sadar hospital morgue, he said.

Two locally made firearms and some Yaba pills were seized from the spot.

Police are investigating the incident.