A former Bangladeshi judge was today sentenced to four years in jail for possessing illegal drugs.
Javed Iqbal, who was the senior assistant judge of southwestern Bhola district until his arrest nine months ago, was found guilty by Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Dhaka, Ruhul Amin who pronounced the verdict saying he found the ex-judge "guilty" of the charges.
Iqbal would have to pay 10,000 Takas as penalty or serve two more months in prison in addition to his four years for possessing a contraband of the narcotic phensidyl.
Police arrested Iqbal on a tip-off when he was carrying 342 bottles of phensidyl while driving a microbus to Dhaka from western Jessore district.
