Charge framed against Papia, her husband

A Dhaka court has framed charges against Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon in a case filed under the Narcotics Act with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in the city.

Dhaka’s Additional 8th Metropolitan Sessions Judge Amirul Islam also set March 1 for taking testimony in the case.

On February 22, 2020, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Papia and her husband, along with two of their accomplices, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while leaving country.

Counterfeit banknotes, foreign currencies and cash were seized from their possession.

RAB later raided their two luxurious flats in capital’s Indira Road area.

The elite force recovered a foreign-made pistol, two magazines, 20 bullets, five bottles of foreign liquor, Taka 58.41 lakh in cash, among other things.

Later, one case was filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station under Arms Act, one under Narcotics Act and another under Special Powers Act.

On September 10, the investigating officer of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station filed a charge sheet against the Papia and others in the drug case.

Judge KM Imrul Kayesh of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court on October 12 sentenced Papia and her husband to 20 years in prison in a case filed under the Arms Act.

The court also awarded them seven years jail under another section of the Arms Act.