Jamaat leader gets 17yrs imprisonment in Jhenaidah arms case

A Jhenaidah court today (October 18, 2022) sentenced the district's Kotchandpur upazila Jamaat e-Islami Secretary Muabia Hossain, also former vice-chairman of the upazila parishad, to 17 years in jail in an arms case.

Md Nazimuddoula, judge of Jhenaidah Senior Special Tribunal Judge's Court passed the order this afternoon, said Public Prosecutor Ismail Hossain Badshah.

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After the judgement, the convict was sent to jail, the public prosecutor told our Jhenaidhah correspondent.

According to the prosecution, police arrested Muabia Hossain from the front of Kotchandpur Upazila Parishad on February 22, 2016.

Later, according to his confession, a pipe gun and six rounds of bullets were recovered from the Sulemanpur area.

Police filed a case against him with Kotchandpur Police Station in this connection.

After the investigation, police submitted a charge sheet to the court on May 25, 2016.

After examining witnesses and documents, the court handed down the verdict today.