DSCC councillor Chitta Ranjan lands in jail

A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Dhaka South City Corporation ward 5 councillor Chitta Ranjan Das to jail in a case lodged over attempt to rape a woman in his office.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yasmin Ara passed the order as Chitta appeared before the court and pleaded for bail. The court scrapped his bail plea and sent him to jail.

Earlier on September 13, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Mahmuda Akter allowed Chitta bail on the bond of Tk 5000.