5 jailed in arms case

A Correspondent, Kishoreganj
A court here yesterday sentenced five people to three years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for keeping illegal arms. The convicts are Ashrafuzzaman, 28, Akhtaruzzaman, 24, Sanilaskar, 28, Imtiaz Uddin, 28, and Alamin, 19. They were also fined Tk 3,000 each, in default, to suffer four months more in jail. According to the prosecution story, the five were arrested along with a gun, a revolver, five bullets and other arms on July 17, 2009 from Khilpara area in Sadar upazila after they attacked an arbitration at one Khalequzzaman's brick field. All the convicts are residents of Kishoreganj town.