Dhaka: A tribunal here today convicted and sentenced a worker, Saddam Hossain alias Mukul alias Mokbul, to life imprisonment and fined him Tk.50,000 for abducting his factory owner’s two and a half year-old son. Judge Munshi Md Mashiar Rahman of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-8 pronounced the judgment in presence of the accused.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the judge also imposed a fine of Tk.50,000 on the accused. Failing to pay, the accused will suffer another year in jail, a junior court official, Rashedul Islam, informed. After the judgment, the court sent Saddam to prison with a conviction warrant.
The case documents reveal that the convict, Saddam, worked at a plastic factory owned by Abul Khair in Kamrangirchar, earning a salary of Tk.5000 per month. On August 15, 2009, Saddam kidnapped his employer’s son, Arif, and took him to Mirzapur in Tangail. In response, Abul Khair filed a general diary (GD) with Kamrangirchar Police Station. On the same day, Saddam demanded Tk.60,000 as ransom in a phone call made between 8 pm and 9 pm.
The documents further detail that a day later, on August 16, Abul Khair filed a case with the same police station. Subsequently, police rescued child Arif and arrested Saddam from Mirzapur in Tangail. On September 28, 2009, police submitted a chargesheet accusing Saddam. During the trial of the case, nine witnesses provided their statements to the court.