Sylhet Correspondent //

Jaintapur Upazila correspondent of Sylhet’s local daily Sylhet Dak and Jaintapur Press Club President Nurul Islam and two top smugglers are serving jail time in a sugar smuggling case!

Earlier, there were many allegations of irregularities and corruption against the alleged Nurul. He had been openly assisting his younger brother in smuggling in broad daylight, presenting himself as the conscience of the nation. Now, after his younger brother was arrested, there is a storm of discussion and criticism in Jaintapur.

AC is hanging in the press club with money donated by smugglers, OC-UNO!

Local sources said that he worked for various smuggling rings including Indian cows, sugar, drugs, cosmetics. He extorted large sums of money from these smugglers. He himself has already made headlines. Now his own brother has also become the fodder of news readers.

Nurul Islam used to write press releases and extort 2-3 hundred taka from different people at the beginning of his journalism career. A source has confirmed that Nurul Islam is now involved in smuggling business behind Angul Phule Kalagach!

The source concerned has also confirmed that he is using Jaintapur Press Club and Sylhet Dak newspaper as a shield to carry out all these immoral activities. Finally, his real face came out in front of the public. That too after his younger brother was arrested by the police.

According to Shahparan Police Station, on Thursday, February 9, a special operation was conducted based on secret information and a check post was set up in front of Messrs. Islam Brothers next to the Muslim School in Daspara at 11:50 pm.

At that time, the police stopped a truck Dhaka (Metro-T-18-1055) and searched it, recovered 308 bags of Indian sugar buried under stones and arrested 2 people red-handed. The value of the seized sugar is 18 lakh 11 thousand 40 taka.

One of them is Md. Kabir Ahmed (32), son of the deceased Shafiqur Rahman of Sarighat Dupi village of Jaintapur upazila and younger brother of Nurul Islam, president of Jaintapur Press Club, and the other is Md. Shakil Ahmed (19), son of Md. Chan Mia of the same village.

They told the police during interrogation that the owner of the goods is an unknown person. In this incident, FIR No.-11, dated-10 February, 2025; Section- 25B(1)(b)/25D The Special Powers Act, 1974 was filed at Shahparan (RA) Police Station.

Later, the arrested were sent to jail through the court. Currently, Nurul Islam’s brother is in jail.

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