One gets 10-yr jail in arms case

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Chittagong Bureau :
A court in Chittagong on Wednesday sentenced a most wanted and top listed criminal 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) in an arms case filed in 2013. The court of Chittagong Additional Metropolitan Session Judge-7 Ferdous Ara delivered the verdict convicting Murshedul Alam, son of Siddik Ahmed, hailed from South Chambol village under Banshkhali upazila of the district. Court sources said Banshkhali police arrested the top listed criminal
Murshedul from his house around 3 pm on July 22, 2013 and later on the basis of his information recovered a country-made gun and a round of cartridge from the bank of a pond adjacent to his house. Later, police filed an arms case against Murshedul who was a top listed criminal and wanted in 17 cases filed with Banshkhali Police Station.
Police submitted charge-sheet against him on August 11, 2013 while the court framed charges on March 13, 2014.
The court today pronounced the verdict after examining eight prosecution witnesses out of 11 and sent the convict to the jail, court sources said.
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