Chief whip's son sent to jail
Court Correspondent
Akhter Hamid alias Paban, son of Chief Whip Khondoker Delwar Hossain, who was arrested in connection with an attempt-to-murder case, was sent to the Dhaka Central Jail after rejection of his bail petition yesterday.Metropolitan Magistrate Shafiq Anwar passed the order when Paban was produced before the court on completion of a one-day remand. The Detective Branch (DB) of police produced Paban before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court at about 1:30pm with a forwarding report. In the report, DB Inspector Ruhul Amin, who is also investigating the case, mentioned that during the one-day remand, Paban disclosed some names of his accomplices and gave important information about his illegal firearms, which was used in the shooting. So he should be confined in the jail custody until the investigation completes, the investing officer said in the report. The defence lawyers submitted a bail petition saying their client was implicated in the case as part of conspiracy to harass him falsely. The prosecution opposed it saying that the charges brought against Paban were primarily proved. A team of DB police arrested Paban on February 28 for firing on a phone-fax shop owner at Bangshal.
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