3 get life term for possessing drugs

A Jhenaidah court on Wednesday sentenced three people to life in prison for possessing narcotics. 

The lifers are Sujon, son of Intaj Ali, Ekramul Shah alias Sentu, son of Ayub Ali and Keshto Sarkar, son of Nimai Sarkar of Maheshpur. All of them were tried in absentia, News agency UNB reports.

The court also fined Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer one year more in rigorous imprisonment.

According to the prosecution, police arrested three people along with 82 bottles of phensidyl from Begumpur area in Maheshpur upazila on 16 September 2013.

After examining records and witnesses, additional session judge Golam Azam handed down the verdict.