Shawdesh Desk:

The Cox’s Bazar District and Sessions Judge Court on Wednesday sentenced four people, including a Rohingya man, to death in a narcotics case filed in 2020 for possessing 13 lakh Yaba pills.

The convicts are—Ayaz, 34, son of Bashir Ahmed of Baluakhali Rohingya camp, Billal, 37, son of Abdul Majid of Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila, Azimullah, 43, son of Makbul Ahmed and Abul Kalam, 37, son of Foyjul Haque of Khagrachhari district.

They heard the sentence from the dock.

Judge Mohammad Ismail of the court handed down the punishment. The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each.

According to the prosecution, a team of Rapid Action Battalion-15 arrested Ayaz and Billal at a fishing boat at Khuruschool Bridge in Cox’s Bazar district town on August 23, 2020.

The elite force also seized 13 lakh Yaba pills, Tk 10,900 in cash and the boat.

A case was filed with Cox’s Bazar Sadar Police Station in this connection.

Later, following the confessional statement of the arrestees, police arrested Azimullah and Abul Kalam.

Police submitted charge sheet against them on June 10, 2021.