Shahed indicted in arms case
A Dhaka tribunal yesterday framed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case.
Shahed, however, pleaded not guilty and demanded justice for himself, after Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Special Tribunal-1 of Dhaka read out the charges to him.
Earlier in the day, the tribunal rejected a discharge petition submitted by his lawyer and fixed September 10 to start trial of the case.
Shahed was arrested on July 15 from Satkhira when he was trying to leave the country on a boat.
On July 19, a team of DB found Shahed's private car in front of a house in Sector-11, in the city's Uttara Paschim area.
They seized a pistol with a round of bullets from the car and later a case under the Arms Act was filed against him.
DB Inspector Md Sairul Islam on July 30 submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka, showing 13 people as prosecution witnesses.
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