Online Desk: A Dhaka tribunal today took cognisance of the charges against Monir Hossain, widely known as "Golden Monir", in a case filed over possessing arms at his Merul Badda residence in Dhaka.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Special Tribunal-1 of Dhaka passed the order after scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents.
The tribunal set March 16 for a hearing on charges framed against the accused in the case.
On January 26, Md Abdul Malek, an inspector of the Detective Branch of Police and the investigation officer of the case, submitted two charge sheets -- one for possessing firearms and the other for possessing narcotics -- to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate`s Court of Dhaka.
Both the cases were filed with Badda Police Station under the arms and narcotics control act.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Monir on November 21 last year and recovered a foreign-made pistol, bullets, foreign liquor, currencies of 10 countries, eight kg of gold ornaments, and Tk 1.9 crore in cash from his Merul Badda residence.
