Three muggers jailed
A Narayanganj court on Wednesday sentenced three muggers to jail for snatching a mobile phone and Tk 12 from a schoolboy. Two of the convicts-Islu Mia, 21, and Zahidul Islam, 18-were awarded two years' imprisonment while fugitive Gazibur Rahman, 19, was jailed for three years. According to the prosecution, the three took away a mobile phone and Tk 12 from Saddam Hossain, a class IX student of Haji Ujir Ali High School, at Banglabazar in Sadar upazila on August 4, 2008.As Saddam cried for help, local people caught two of the three muggers while the other managed to flee. They later handed over the two muggers to police. Later, a case was filed with Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court under Speedy Trial Act. After examining records and witnesses, Magistrate Bazlur Rahman pronounced the verdict.
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