Possessing fake currencies: Charges framed against Papia, her husband

Papia and her husband have been charged with possessing illegal goods.

In a case filed for possessing Fake currency, a Dhaka court today set charges against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia, her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon, and their assistant directors. 👌

Sabbir Khondaker and Sheikh Taiyaba Nur are the two aides.

After Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasibul Haque read out the charge to them, Papia, Sumon, Sabbir, and Taiyaba, who are now in jail, pleaded not guilty and demanded justice, according to court sources.

👉 The magistrate also set the date for the case's start on October 13. 

A Rab-1 team arrested Papia, former Chhatra League leader Sumon, and his two companions from Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on February 22 last year as they managed to leave the country. 😆

Seven passports, Tk 2,12,270, fake Tk 25,600 notes, USD 11,481, Sri Lankan rupee 420, Indian rupee 301, and two debit cards were seized in their possession during a raid. 👅

During the operation, Rab members discovered a foreign-made pistol, two magazines, 20 shotgun shells, five bottles of foreign liquor, Tk 58,41,000, and credit and debit cards from many banks in Papia's Farmgate flat. 🙀

Three cases were later filed, two with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station on February 24 under the Arms and Special Powers Acts, and one with Biman Bandar Police Station on February 23 under the Special Powers Act and the Penal Code. 💬

The charge sheet against the four in the case filed with Biman Bandar Police Station for possessing fake money was given to the court on December 2 of this year.On October 12 of this year, the couple was sentenced to 27 years in prison in an arms case. 💥