Arms, Drugs Cases: Hearing deferred as Samrat not produced at court

A Dhaka court could not take cognizance of the charges against former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat yesterday in two cases filed under the Arms and Narcotics Control Acts, as jail authorities failed to produce him.

Rab filed the cases against him with Ramna Police Station. On October 15, Samrat was remanded for 10 days in arms and drug cases.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka set February 10 for next hearing of the cases, after jail authorities informed the court that Samrat was under treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

Meanwhile, the court rejected a bail petition of Samrat’s close aide Enamul Haque Arman in the drug case. Arman was present at the court.

On November 6, Rab Sub-inspector Shekhar Chandra Mallik, investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge-sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka.

On December 8, SI Abdul Halim submitted another charge-sheet against Samrat and Arman.

On October 6, Rab members arrested Samrat, former president of Dhaka South Jubo League, and Enamul Haque Arman, former vice-president of the same unit, in Cumilla.

Samrat was then brought to the capital, and the elite force conducted operations at various establishments where the Jubo League leader either lived or carried out political and business activities.

On November 12, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Samrat on charges of amassing wealth worth Tk 2.95 crore beyond known sources of income.