Manju gets five years in jail for possessing liquor
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Former Communications Minister Anwar Hossain Manju was Tuesday sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in absentia for possessing contraband liquor, report agencies.
Metropolitan assistant sessions judge Syed Zahed Mansur delivered the judgement after examining the prosecution witnesses and records.
The court also fined Manju, former chairman of Jatiya Party (M), Tk 10,000, in default, to suffer six months more in jail.
The army-led joint forces seized 21 bottles of foreign liquor during a raid on Manju's Dhanmandi residence on March 12.
Meanwhile, Defence counsel Shamsul Kabir Tuesday appealed to the court for a stay of the delivery of the verdict, saying that the state witnesses could not be cross-examined since their client was staying outside the country.
But prosecutor Ehsanul Haque Shamaji argued against the appeal and demanded the verdict be announced as per schedule.
On June 20, the judge fixed June 26 for delivering the verdict and testified seven witnesses in this connection.
Metropolitan assistant sessions judge Syed Zahed Mansur delivered the judgement after examining the prosecution witnesses and records.
The court also fined Manju, former chairman of Jatiya Party (M), Tk 10,000, in default, to suffer six months more in jail.
The army-led joint forces seized 21 bottles of foreign liquor during a raid on Manju's Dhanmandi residence on March 12.
Meanwhile, Defence counsel Shamsul Kabir Tuesday appealed to the court for a stay of the delivery of the verdict, saying that the state witnesses could not be cross-examined since their client was staying outside the country.
But prosecutor Ehsanul Haque Shamaji argued against the appeal and demanded the verdict be announced as per schedule.
On June 20, the judge fixed June 26 for delivering the verdict and testified seven witnesses in this connection.