BCL leader held with Yaba, sent to jail

A court here yesterday sent a local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader to jail, rejecting his bail prayer in a case filed for possessing Yaba.

The Judicial Magistrate's Court gave the order after he was produced before it, said police.

The accused is Shakil Ahmed, 27, president of Ward no 8 unit of BCL, and son of late Rezaul Karim of Station Para in Patgram upazila town.

He is a drug addict, said Mafizar Rahman Maznu, assistant sub-inspector of Patgram Police Station.

A police patrol team arrested Shakil with 10 Yaba tablets when he was moving suspiciously in the port area on Saturday night, the ASI said, adding that a case was filed, accusing the BCL leader.