Jamaat leader gets 17 yrs in jail in arms case

A Jhenaidah court has sentenced a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader to 17 years in jail in a case filed under the Arms Control Act, UNB reports.

Judge Md Nazimuddoula of the Jhenaidah Senior Special Tribunal Judge's Court passed the verdict on Tuesday. Convicted Muabia Hossain is the general secretary of the Jamaat-e-Islami's Kotchandpur upazila wing.

According to the prosecution, police arrested Muabia, also a former vice-chairman of Kotchandpur upazila parishad, from near the parishad office on 22 February, 2016.

Based on his interrogation, police recovered a gun and six rounds of bullets from the Sulemanpur area.

Later, a case was filed against him at Kotchandpur police station in this connection.

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

"After examining the records and witnesses, the court declared the verdict," said public prosecutor Ismail Hossain Badshah.