No evidence was found to prove charges against Awami League leader Hazi Selim’s son Irfan Selim in two cases under the Arms Act and the Narcotics Control Act, the investigation officer (IO) of the cases said in the final report.
The IO mentioned in the report that it was not proved during the investigation that the firearm and narcotic items belonged to Irfan which were recovered from his residence during a drive.
“No evidence was found that the arms and drugs that were recovered from Irfan’s house belonged in his possession. Particularly, as the room where the firearm was found in used to be visited by a great many people everyday, it couldn't be confirmed that the illegal firearm belonged to Irfan,” Md Walid Hossain, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Commissioner (Media Wing), told The Business Post.
However, charge-sheet was submitted to the court in two other cases against Irfan Selim’s bodyguard Zahidul Molla after evidence was found to prove charges against him.
Mentioning ‘error of fact’ in the accusations, the IO sought Irfan Selim’s clearance of charges in the two cases.
Irfan and Zahidul were sentenced to one year in jail on October 26 after two firearms, 38 walkie-talkies, liquor and yaba pills were recovered from Irfan’s residence during a drive carried out by the law enforcers.
Later, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed four separate cases against the duo under arms and narcotics act.
