Arms Case : Hearing on charge framing against Shahed Aug 27

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday took cognisance of the charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in an arms case.

Judge  KM Emrul Kayesh of the Special Tribunal-1 passed the order  after scrutinising case dockets and other relevant documents.

The tribunal fixed August 27 for hearing on charge framing against Shahed and directed the jail authorities to produce him before his court on the scheduled date.

DB Inspector Md Sairul Islam  and also the case's investigation officer, on July 30 submitted the  charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka,  showing 13 people as prosecution witnesses.

On July 26, Shahed was shown arrested in the case after the IO submitted a petition.

The IO in the charge sheet said the charges brought against Shahed were primarily proved and he should be brought under trial. On July 19, a team of DB found Shahed's private car in front of house no-14, Sector-11, in the city's Ittara Paschim area.

DB seized a pistol with one round bullet from the car and later a case under the Arms Act was filed against him.

Shahed was arrested on July 15 from Satkhira while he was trying to leave the country on a boat. Later,  he was placed on a 10-day remand in a case filed over issuing fake  Covid-19 test results and charging the patients for test and treatment.

On July 26, Shahed was placed on a 38-day remand in five cases including an arms case filed in Satkhira. On  expiry of his 10-day remand in that arms case, he was  placed on a seven-day remand on August 10 in a case filed for  misappropriation of Tk 2.71 crore of Farmers Bank Ltd.