Ex-SI among five sentenced to 10 yrs jail in robbery case


FE Team | Published: September 14, 2020 19:52:19 | Updated: September 20, 2020 13:30:41


Ex-SI among five sentenced to 10 yrs jail in robbery case

A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced five people including a former sub-inspector of Shahbagh Police Station to 10 years imprisonment each  in a case filed for looting Tk 1.8 million in 2011.

Shahidul Islam, Judge of the Dhaka Special Court-7 handed down the verdict, reports UNB.

The convicts are—SI Mosaddek Hossain Khan, Manirul Islam, Sazzad Hossain, Lutfur Rahman Khan and Liton Hawladar.

The court also acquitted Alam Khan and Samuyel Boidya as allegations brought against them could not be proved.

According to the prosecution, Moin Uddin, manager of JK Sales and Company, went out to deposit Tk 1.8 million to South East Bank in Khilkhet area on February 14, 2011.

The convicts picked Moin up in a microbus and forced him to step down from the vehicle at Matikata without the money.

Moin Uddin filed a case with Khilkhet Police Station.

Police later recovered Tk 1.2 million from the convicts and seized the microbus.

On May 30, 2011, police submitted chargesheet against seven people in this connection.

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