A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced top criminal 'Sweden' Aslam and three of his accomplices to 17 years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) for possessing illegal firearms and ammunition in his DOHS residence in May, 1997.
| Honestly, we don't make this stuff up. |
Earlier on November 5, 2003, Aslam was awarded life imprisonment in another case for possessing illegal firearms and ammunition. Fourteen other criminal cases against him remain pending with different courts in the city, sources said.
The other three convicts are Abu 'Finland' Taher Taru, Hassan 'Norway' Imam and Mohammad 'the Dane' Babul. Aslam and Babul were present in the court while the other two were tried in absentia.
According to the prosecution, Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Aslam from his DOHS residence in the city's Cantonment area on May 20, 1997. A pistol, a shotgun, a shutter gun, a revolver and six bullets were recovered from his house.
| A shutter gun! Must have been a serious case then! |
An arms case was filed against Aslam and three others with Cantonment Police Station the same day. |