Man Awarded Death Penalty over 2017 Cocaine Haul in Khulna

In a 2017 drugs case filed over the recovery of illegal cocaine worth around Tk22 crore, a Khulna court sentenced a man to death.

In the same case, the court sentenced another to life in prison and four others to varied prison terms.

According to Public Prosecutor Enamul Hoque, Khulna District and Sessions Judge Mashiur Rahman Chowdhury declared the verdict Thursday afternoon in the presence of the accused in the courtroom.

Bikash Chandra Biswas, one of the accused, was sentenced to death and fined Tk1 lakh.

Sohel Rana was sentenced to life in jail and fined Tk1 lakh, while Arifur Rahman Sagir was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined Tk1 lakh.

Ershad Hossain, Bikash Chandra Mondal, and Fazlur Rahman Fakir, the last three, were all sentenced to ten years in prison.

On August 12, 2017, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) apprehended six drug traffickers and confiscated 2.25 kilograms of cocaine worth Tk22.50 crore from several locations in Khulna.

RAB then filed a case against the six with the Rupsha police station under the Narcotics Control Act.