Pori Moni, 4 others sent to jail

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Pori Moni, model Mariam Akhter Mou, director Nazrul Islam Raz and two others were sent to jail yesterday in three cases filed with Banani and Mohammadpur police stations under the Narcotics Control Act.

Pori Moni’s bail petition was rejected after her lawyers moved it on grounds that she was framed in the case.

The others sent to jail are Raz’s associate Sabuj Ali, and Pori Moni’s associate Ashraful Islam Dipu.

As different terms of their remand ended yesterday, investigators did not seek to place them on remand again.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Chandra Mondol rejected bail petitions of Pori Moni and her associate Dipu after CID Inspector Kazi Golam Mostafa brought them to the court on completion of their six-day remand.

Mostafa, who is investigating the case, said in the forwarding report that officers are verifying the information Pori Moni and Dipu divulged about the drugs recovered from their homes. If they were granted bail they would interfere with the investigation and may leave the country.

He appealed to the court to keep them in prison until the investigation is complete.

Pori Moni’s lawyers said that she had earlier signed up for several films which are not being filmed due to her confinement.

She should be granted bail so that she can finish the films, they added.

The same court sent Raz and Sabuj to jail rejecting the bail prayers after CID Inspector Md Giaus Uddin produced them before it on completion of their six-day remand in two phases in the case.

Giaus also prayed for keeping them in jail until the investigation is completed.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Sayeed rejected the bail petition and sent Mou to jail after CID Inspector Probir Kumar Ghosh, produced her before the court on completion of her nine-day remand in three phases.

On August 5, Pori Moni, Raz and their associates were arrested in two separate cases filed by Rab under the Narcotics Control Act.

The previous day, Rab detained them after raiding their houses. They seized foreign liquor and narcotics from there.

Detectives on August 1 arrested Mou at her Mohammadpur residence. They also seized 750 yaba pills and 12 bottles of foreign liquor from there.