Condemned prisoner in the Bangabandhu Murder Case Lt Col (dismissed) Syed Farukur Rahman has been acquitted of charges in a case filed for possessing foreign currencies.
| "There ain't nuttin' foreign about Kruggerrands, yer honor!" |
The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court yesterday pronounced the verdict in presence of Faruk, also sentenced to life in the Jail Killing Case. Judge Mohammad Monzurul Haq Bachhid of the court said the charges brought against him were not proved. Police produced Faruk before the court adjacent to Dhaka Central Jail at 11:30am under a tight security. Earlier, the prosecution and the defence completed their arguments and the court recorded statements of six prosecution witnesses. According to the prosecution, the then officer-in-charge (OC) of Cantonment Police Station said that he along with a team of law enforcement agencies raided Faruk's house at the DOHS in the capital at about 3:45am on August 13, 1996 and seized a revolver, a shotgun, an airgun, a stengun, 616 bullets, eight international passports, 2,830 Pakistani rupees and 62.75 Libyan dinars. They arrested him at the same time.
| And this is what happens when you don't have a cross-fire, some bleeding heart liberal Bengalideshi judge lets him clean off the hook. Hmmmmph. |
Later, two cases were filed with Cantonment Police Station -- one under the Arms Act and the other under the Special Powers Act. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) pressed charges against Faruk in the foreign currency case on January 29, 1997.
| That was... ummm... eight years ago. |
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