Two get life in drug case

A Meherpur court has sentenced two persons to life-term imprisonment in a drug trafficking case filed in 2018.

Judge of District and Session Judge Court of Meherpur Md Shahidullah on Sunday handed down the verdict to Mamun Mallik, hailed from Bamonpara in Sadar upazila and Rabiul Islam, an inhabitant of Tengramari village.

According to the case statement, the convicts-- Mamun Mallik and Rabiul Islam-- were arrested from Shahebpur Bazar in Mujibnagar upazila by the Detective Branch (DB) of Police here on September 4 in 2018 while conducting drive there.

The DB men also recovered 800 bottles of phensidyl from their possession 

and filed a case with Meherpur Sadar Thana in this connection.

Later, police submitted charge-sheet against them.

Testifying witnesses and evidences the court found them guilty and handed down the verdict.

Public Prosecutor Pallab Bhattacharya stood in favor of the government.