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           May
          3, 2000 
            
            
          
           Kishoreganj,
          May 2 (UNB) – A special court here has sentenced four people to
          three years rigorous imprisonment in a timber smuggling case. 
           
          
          
           
          The
          tribunal also fined the convicts -- Abul Mia, Nazrul Islam, Siddique
          Mia and Ekram Hossain -- Tk 1,000 each, in default, to suffer two
          months more RI. 
            
          
          
           
          According
          to prosecution, river police arrested the accused along with a
          boatload of smuggled timbers from near Bishurikona village in Mitamoin
          thana on January 8, 1998. 
            
          
          
           
          After
          examining the records and witnesses, the Judge handed down the verdict
          on Sunday. 
            
          
          
          
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