Shahed acquitted in arms case

The High Court (HC) acquitted Regent Group and Regent Hospital Limited Chairman Shaheed Karim alias Mohammad Shahed in an arms case.

The HC bench of Justice Ashish Ranjan Das and Justice Md Riaz Uddin passed the acquittal order on Thursday (January 11)

Shahed was sentenced to life imprisonment by the judicial court in the case on September 28 in 2020.

Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain Bappi represented the state in the court on the day while senior lawyer SM Shahjahan and advocate Shah Monjurul Haque stood for Shahed.

On 15 July 2020, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Shahed from the border area of Satkhira on various charges of fraud during the coronavirus pandemic. Later, he was brought to Dhaka by helicopter.

On 18 July of the same year, the Detective Branch (DB) of police went to Uttara on a drive taking Shahed with them and seized a loaded pistol and illegal drugs from a car that was used by Shahed. SM Gaffarul Alam, inspector at the DB, then filed a case against Shahed at Uttara West police station under the Arms Act.