Sick KCC mayor produced before court in arms case
Khulna Mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman being taken to jail from court yesterday.Photo: Focus Bangla
Detained Khulna City Corporation mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman was produced before the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (3rd court) Md Barekuzzaman yesterday in connection with an arms case. Sub-Inspector (SI) Golam Rabbani of Detective Branch filed the case against him with Khulna Sadar Police Station on November 4 last year. The court recorded statement of complainant Golam Rabbani during cross-examination by defence lawyers on the first day of trial that began yesterday. The court will again sit today to continue the trial. SI Shibu Prasad of Khulna Sadar Police Station pressed charge sheet of the arms case to the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on December 25 last year naming the KCC mayor as the lone accused and 15 people as prosecution witnesses. The joint forces on November 3 last year recovered a shutter gun, 23 cartridges, a single barrel gun, a 25-inch long steel-made sword, a large dagger and a nine-inch long knife from Tayebur's Khulna residence. Tayebur Rahman, arrested from his Dhaka residence on November 2 last year, faces 11 cases including nine for extortion. He made statement to court on November 10 under Section 164 confessing his involvement in five cases. But last month he retracted his judicial confession through a petition filed with the court of CMM, alleging torture and death threat by a group of police officials during extensive interrogation when he was under custody in Khulna Police Station after his arrest.
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