M’singh constable ‘involved in drug peddling’ remanded

A Mymensingh court placed a police constable on a two-day remand for allegedly being involved in drug peddling.

The court passed the remand order when Al Amin, 28, who was posted at Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, was produced before the court with a five-day remand prayer, said Jhuton Barmon, court inspector.

On Saturday, detectives arrested Abdul Motalab, 50, with 12,000 yaba tablets in the city’s Police Lines Uttara area, said Ashiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Detective Branch of police.

The same day, Motalab disclosed that Al Amin sold the yaba pills, which were seized in different drives, to him, said the OC.

The yaba tablets were kept at the court, the police officer quoted Motalab as saying.

Later in the day, a team of DB police arrested Al Amin in the court area, he said, adding that they were investigating the incident.

Court inspector Kamruzzaman Talukder and sub inspectors Saiful Islam and Monir were closed to Mymensingh Police Lines for their alleged negligence in duty, said SA Newazi, additional superintendent of police (crime), Mymensingh.