Former BNP lawmaker from Patuakhali-2 (Baufal) Shahidul Alam Talukder did not appear before the District and Sessions Judge court yesterday, the date for his surrender to court in an arms case. The court on may 10 ordered him to appear by May 16. Trial of the arms case against him will begin soon in absentia, Public Prosecutor (PP) Yunus Ali Mollah told this correspondent. Shahidul is on the run since proclamation of emergency on January 11 this year. The case was filed on February 17 this year by the then Officer-In-Charge (OC) of Baufal police station Mizanur Rahman after joint forces in a drive a day before recovered two magazines of pistol and 18 pieces of relief sharees and some sports goods from his Nazirpur residence at Baufal upazila town.
Police after investigation submitted charge sheet in the arms case on March 18. The court then issued summons and a copy of the order was hung at his residence. The other case filed in connection with recovery of relief goods is being investigated by Anti Corruption Commission, ACC sources said.