A Chuadanga court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a drug case.
The lifer is Aminul Islam, son of Haque Mohammad under Darshana police station of Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district.
Additional District and Session Judge Md Masud Ali also fined him Tk 20,000, in default of which he will have to serve another six months of rigorous imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, on November 18, 2014, around 4:30 pm, a team of Chuadanga Narcotics Control Directorate raided Sultanpur Bostipara area of Damurhuda upazila. During the raid, the law enforcers arrested Aminul with 238 bottles of Indian phensedyl.
Later, Inspector Milon Kumar Mukherjee of Chuadanga Narcotics Control Directorate filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act at Damurhuda police station.
Inspector Milon Kumar, also the investigating officer, submitted a chargesheet accusing Aminul Islam in the court on January 12, 2015.