Judge’s iPhone, Wallet, and Documents Stolen From Private Chamber in Court

District Correspondent

The theft of a judge’s phone and wallet, along with valuables, from a private courtroom has created a huge stir. Along with the law and order situation in the country, the security of the court has also been called into question.

The incident occurred at the Cox’s Bazar Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court.

On Sunday, October 12, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mamunur Rashid’s private chamber, along with his iPhone, two mobile phones, wallet and important documents, were stolen. The incident occurred between 12:40 pm and 1 pm.

In this incident, court bench assistant Saidul Islam filed a case with Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station as the plaintiff on behalf of Judge Mamunur Rashid.

The complaint states that two mobile phones were stolen from a bag kept in the judge’s private room while he was conducting court proceedings. In addition, the judge’s ATM card, driving license and some important government documents were also taken from his wallet.

It is learned that one of the stolen mobile phones is an iPhone 14, and the other is a Vivo-12. The estimated market value of the two stolen mobile phones is around 1 lakh 40 thousand taka, as mentioned in the complaint.

Confirming the matter, Saidul Islam, a bench assistant of the court and the plaintiff in the case, said, “During the court session, the judge always keeps his mobile phone and wallet in the private room. The same thing happened on Sunday too. Taking this opportunity, an unknown thief opened the door of the private room and took the mobile phone and wallet. Which is a very worrying incident for us.”

Cox’s Bazar Sadar Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Md. Farukh Hossain said that a case has been registered in connection with the theft of the mobile phone and wallet. The police are trying to recover the stolen mobile phone.