Five directors of a garment factory in Dhaka have been sent to jail by a court in connection with import of Benson cigarettes under false declaration. The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Shah Noor rejected their bail prayer and issued the order on Wednesday, as the directors of the RMG (readymade garment) factory surrendered to the court. They are managing director of Genetic Fashions Ltd at Ashulia of Savar Mujibur Rahman and directors of the company Ryad Hossain Khan, Ahmedur Araj, Wahidul Islam and Tauhidul Islam. Public Prosecutor of Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s court Fakhruddin Chowdhury said the accused five businessmen surrendered before the High Court and sought bail but the court ordered them to surrender before the sessions judge’s court. As they surrendered before the sessions judge’s court and prayed for bail, the court ordered the officials to send them to jail. He also rejected their bail prayer.
