Inspector Uday Kumar Mandal of DMP’s Detective Branch (DB) as plaintiff started the case with the Banani Police on Friday, stated the station’s OC Nure Azam.
According to the case statement, Junayed Karim Jimmy was arrested from Gulshan with 225 yaba tablets. He was taken to DB headquarters, and is currently under remand.
In the remand prayer, the IO said Jimmy, an acquaintance of Pori Moni, was directly involved with narcotics trade. So, he needs to be remanded to know the addresses and identities of others responsible for committing this crime, the IO added.
On the other hand,defence for Jimmy, submitted a petition seeking bail and cancellation of the remand prayer. They claim that Jimmy has been targetted, and this in an attempt to harass him.
Jimmy accompanied Pori Moni at a media interview in June when the actress accused a businessman of attempting to rape and murder her in a boating club. His name came up in the case when he reported that he was assaulted during the incident in the club.
After hearing both the sides, the magistrate rejected the defence pleas and placed Jimmy on remand for 3 days.
When Sharful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan and his accomplice Md Masudul Islam alias Jishan were arrested in Bashundhara on Tuesday on charges of carrying out illegal activities in the name of ‘DJ parties’, Pori Moni’s name also came up in the case. After a raid on Pori Moni’s Banani Residence, she was arrested on 4th of August, because the police detained liquor bottles, yaba pills and LSD blots at her house.
Dhaka court subsequently granted the police four days to question the actress over the charges.
The Criminal Investigation Department is now investigating the drug-related charges against Pori Moni, who was placed into its custody on Friday, according to the CID’s Additional Superintendent of Police Mohammed Azad.
