Three jailed for possessing arms
A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced three people to different jail terms in two cases filed for illegal possession of arms.
Of them Jahrul Haque, 36, of Charchatura village was given 10 years' jail term while Md Munna, 21, of Guratipara and Md Polash, 31, of Munsipara area in Rangpur city were sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment each.
According to the prosecution, police arrested Jahrul with a pistol on February 14 in 2004 in a case filed over assaulting a woman in Charchatura village under Haragach upazila.
Polash was arrested as a murder case suspect on September 7 in the same year. Later, based on his information, police arrested Munna with a gun, bullets and sharp weapons from Munna's house. A case was field in this connection.
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