PCJSS leader gets 17yrs in jail in arms case
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
A court here yesterday awarded 17 years imprisonment to Satyabir Dewan, general secretary of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), in an arms case. Additional Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong Mohiuddin Ahmed, also the judge for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), gave the verdict. On February 18, the joint forces seized one LG and one cartridge from Satyabir's residence in Bonorupa area under Kotwali Police Station of Rangamati district and arrested the PCJSS leader for possessing the gun and cartridge illegally. Sub-Inspector Osman Ghani of Kotwali Police Station filed a case against Satyabir under section 19 (ka) and 19 (cha) of the Arms Act. The charge sheet was submitted on March 8.
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