Arms, Drug Cases: Court to Frame Charges against Samrat Today

A Dhaka court is set to frame charges against expelled Jubo League leader and casino kingpin Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in two cases filed under the Arms Act and the Narcotics Control Act.

Earlier on October 20, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh fixed today for framing charges after taking the charge sheets into cognizance in the two cases.

In the drug case, along with Samrat, Enamul Haque Arman, the expelled vice-president of the Jubo League South, is also implicated.

Sub-inspector Shekar Chandra Mallik of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-1) lodged a complaint in arms cases on 6 November.

According to the bill, Samrat was unable to show any valid documents of the firearm recovered from his possession. The crime against him was initially proven to have kept unlicensed weapons in his custody and control.

In addition, Sub-Inspector Abdul Halim of Rab-1 filed charges against Samrat and Enamul on 9 December in the case filed under the Drug Control Act with the Ramna Police Station in the capital.

On October 7, Rab-1 Deputy Assistant Director Abdul Khalek filed the two cases against Samrat for possessing illegal arms and narcotics.

Arman was also accused in the narcotics case.

Rab arrested Samrat and his associate Arman from Chauddagram upazila in Cumilla on October 6.

The Mobile Court, headed by Rab Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam, sentenced Samrat to six months' imprisonment under the Wildlife Conservation Act after the elite force seized two kangaroo hides from his Kakrail office.