of 12,445 drug cases were disposed of from January 2010 to July 2014 while 5,242, out of 11787, accused were acquitted of the cases. Of them, 1,018 were acquittal of the charges in 2010, 1653 in 2,012, 1,057 in 2013 while 565 in the first six months of 2014. Dhaka court sources said police detained Md Azizul with 100 Yaba tablets in front of Jalil Engineering Shop at Anuganj Lane in Sutrapur area of the city on July 6, 2013. DNC official Obaidul Karim filed a case against him with local police station under the Drug Act. On July 25, 2013, SI Abdul Jabbar of Sutrapur police station submitted a charge sheet with the Dhaka CMM court against him and mentioned they found the charge brought against him is true. During the trial, the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 recorded depositions of five witnesses, out of six, in the case. But on July 8, 2014, Judge Md Nuruzzman handed down a verdict, acquitting the accused as the charges against him in the case were not proved. Meanwhile, on June 27, 2013, police detained two women — Sufia and Rahima — with 25 bottles phensidyl on the commissioner road in Kadamtoli area of the city. On July 23, 2013, SI Ohidul Haque submitted a charge-sheet against the two women in the case filed with Kadamtoli police station under the Drug Act. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 recorded depositions of seven witnesses in the case and on August 28, 2014 Judge Md Nuruzzman delivered a verdict, acquitting them as the charges against them were not proved in the case. On the other hand, on April 7, 2012 DB police detained drug dealer Zillur Rahman with 150 Yaba tablets at Bikrampur plaza in Kadamtoli area of the capital. After his arrest, sub-inspector Shorab Hossain filed a case against him with Kadamtoli police station under the Drug Act. On May 10, 2012, DB SI Amanullah Al Bari submitted a charge-sheet with the Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) court in the case. In the charge-sheet, the IO mentioned, “The accused is a professional drug trader and he kept Yaba tablets for selling.” Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 indicted Zillur on August 1, 2012 in the case. The court recorded depositions of 8 witnesses, out of 11, during trial of the case. On November 26, Judge ABM Nizamul Haque of the court pronounced the verdict, acquitting Zillur as the charges were not proved in the case. Many other accused in drug cases are getting acquittal of the charges in the cases as police are reportedly failing to prove allegations against them. Seeking anonymity, a police official told the correspondent, “Illegal drug businesses are alarmingly increasing in the country as most of drug traders are not getting punishment for the illegal drug dealing after arrest”. “Although the accused were arrested with drugs, they are getting acquittal of the charges by an unknown power,” he added. “The accused are getting acquittal as the witnesses of the cases are giving depositions which are not matching with the allegations brought in the charge sheets,” said Abdullah Abu, public prosecutor of Dhaka metropolitan session judge court.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Drug dealers go scot-free for lack of evidence:Daily Sun
of 12,445 drug cases were disposed of from January 2010 to July 2014 while 5,242, out of 11787, accused were acquitted of the cases. Of them, 1,018 were acquittal of the charges in 2010, 1653 in 2,012, 1,057 in 2013 while 565 in the first six months of 2014. Dhaka court sources said police detained Md Azizul with 100 Yaba tablets in front of Jalil Engineering Shop at Anuganj Lane in Sutrapur area of the city on July 6, 2013. DNC official Obaidul Karim filed a case against him with local police station under the Drug Act. On July 25, 2013, SI Abdul Jabbar of Sutrapur police station submitted a charge sheet with the Dhaka CMM court against him and mentioned they found the charge brought against him is true. During the trial, the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 recorded depositions of five witnesses, out of six, in the case. But on July 8, 2014, Judge Md Nuruzzman handed down a verdict, acquitting the accused as the charges against him in the case were not proved. Meanwhile, on June 27, 2013, police detained two women — Sufia and Rahima — with 25 bottles phensidyl on the commissioner road in Kadamtoli area of the city. On July 23, 2013, SI Ohidul Haque submitted a charge-sheet against the two women in the case filed with Kadamtoli police station under the Drug Act. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 recorded depositions of seven witnesses in the case and on August 28, 2014 Judge Md Nuruzzman delivered a verdict, acquitting them as the charges against them were not proved in the case. On the other hand, on April 7, 2012 DB police detained drug dealer Zillur Rahman with 150 Yaba tablets at Bikrampur plaza in Kadamtoli area of the capital. After his arrest, sub-inspector Shorab Hossain filed a case against him with Kadamtoli police station under the Drug Act. On May 10, 2012, DB SI Amanullah Al Bari submitted a charge-sheet with the Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) court in the case. In the charge-sheet, the IO mentioned, “The accused is a professional drug trader and he kept Yaba tablets for selling.” Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 indicted Zillur on August 1, 2012 in the case. The court recorded depositions of 8 witnesses, out of 11, during trial of the case. On November 26, Judge ABM Nizamul Haque of the court pronounced the verdict, acquitting Zillur as the charges were not proved in the case. Many other accused in drug cases are getting acquittal of the charges in the cases as police are reportedly failing to prove allegations against them. Seeking anonymity, a police official told the correspondent, “Illegal drug businesses are alarmingly increasing in the country as most of drug traders are not getting punishment for the illegal drug dealing after arrest”. “Although the accused were arrested with drugs, they are getting acquittal of the charges by an unknown power,” he added. “The accused are getting acquittal as the witnesses of the cases are giving depositions which are not matching with the allegations brought in the charge sheets,” said Abdullah Abu, public prosecutor of Dhaka metropolitan session judge court.
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