Court indicts Papia, her husband in arms case

A Dhaka court has framed charges against expelled general secretary of Jubo Mohila League Narsingdi district unit Shamima Nur Papia, and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon in an arms case, reports UNB.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges' Court passed the order on Sunday.

The court also rejected their petition to acquit them from the charges.

Earlier on June 29, sub-inspector Md Arifuzzaman submitted the charge sheet in the case filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar thana against them to Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

Twelve people were made witnesses in the case.

On February 23, members of the Rapid Action Battalion raided two flats belonging to Papia and Sumon after arresting them at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on February 22.