Four drug addicts, including Chhatra Dal leader, sentenced to prison in Feni

Staff Correspondent

The district administration and the District Narcotics Control Department have conducted a raid in Lalpol Bedepally, Feni.

The drive was conducted yesterday afternoon by District Administration Executive Magistrate Tanzil Hossain Tamal and Faraz Habib Khan.

It is learnt that four people, including a leader of Feni Government College Chhatra Dal, were arrested while consuming drugs in Bedepalli. The executive magistrate sentenced the arrested people to three days in jail and fined them Tk 100 each under the Narcotics Control Act.

The convicted are: Jahidul Abedin Sagar (26), son of Joynal Abedin of Momarijpur village in Daganbhuiyan, joint convener of Feni Government College Chhatra Dal; Abdul Mannan (35), son of Sheikh Farid of Mari Kamanhata village in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria; Sabuj Mia (32), son of Nurul Islam of Panchkhaichail village in Faridpur; and Bashir Hawlader (30), son of Dulal Hawlader of Bahilatli village in Barisal.

Feni Narcotics Control Department Inspector Raju Ahmed Chowdhury said that the four people were arrested while consuming drugs in Bedepalli. The Executive Magistrate of the District Administration sentenced each of them to three days in prison and a fine of Tk 100 through a mobile court.

District Chhatra Dal President Salahuddin Mamun said that Chhatra Dal leader Zahidul Abedin Sagar has been expelled from his post on charges of violating party discipline in this incident.