8 robbers sent to jail
A court here yesterday sentenced eight robbers to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI). The convicts are Lal Mia, Sharif, Monir Hossain, Abul Kalam, Shah Alam, Shiru Mia, Abul Hasem and Kanchan Mia. Additional District and Session Judge SM Abdus Salam fined the convicts Tk 5,000 each, in default, they are to suffer two more months in jail. According to prosecution, the robbers stormed into trader Alamgir's house at Purbapara village under Katiadi upazila of the district on the night of August 25, 2001. The robbers took away gold ornaments and Tk 5,000 from the family members at gunpoint. Alamgir filed a case with Katiadi Police Station the following day. Later police arrested two of the gang, Lal Mia and Kanchan Mia, while the are still at large. The remaining sis were tried in absentia.
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