Rohingya woman gets life term in drugs case
A Chattogram court on Sunday sentenced a Rohingya woman to life-term imprisonment on charges of dealing drugs. The convict, identified as Nur Taj, 28, is currently absconding.
Judge Shariful Alam Bhuiyan of Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court-4 also fined her Tk10,000, in default of which she will have to serve one more year's jail, said Omar Fuad, a bench assistant of the court.
As per the case statement, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained Nur Taj, wife of one Md Idris, a resident of Balukhali Camp No. 19 in Ukhiya Upazila of Cox's Bazar, along with a child, from a bus of S Alam Paribahan near Mir Filling Station in Chattogram's Bakalia on 28 December, 2018.
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A total of 10,000 pieces of yaba were recovered from their possession.
Tapan Kanti Sharma, then sub-region inspector of DNC Chattogram Metro, filed a case at Bakalia Police Station in this connection.
A chargesheet was submitted in the case against the two on 7 February, 2019.
The minor is being tried at a Children's Court.
The court recorded the deposition of five witnesses and framed charges against Nur Taj on January 5, 2022.
