Authorities at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur have found a mobile phone in the condemned cell of Narayanganj 7-murder case convict Nur Hossain.
A three-strong committee was formed to probe the incident, Abdul Jalil, the jail's superintendent said on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.
“There are three inmates, including Nur, in the Kashimpur Central Jail Unit-2. Based on a tip about the secret use of a mobile phone by Nur, the authorities recovered a mobile phone after searching the cell on Jan 5.”
The authorities asked the probe committee to submit a report on the matter by Jan 11.
Nur Hossain, a former Narayanganj City Corporation councillor, has been in jail since 2017 when he was sentenced to death in the 2014 Narayanganj 7-murder case. Several other weapons and extortion cases are pending against him.
