Helena Jahangir gives confessional statement

Helena Jahangir, a businessperson turned politician, has given a confessional statement under section 164 in a case filed with Gulshan Police Station under Narcotics Control Act.

Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Chandra Mondal recorded the statements of Helena Jahangir on Wednesday (August 18).

Earlier, investigating officer (IO) of the case produced her before the court and requested that the statements be recorded after the accused had voluntarily agreed to make them.

On the night of July 29, members of Rapid Action Battalion-1 (Rab) arrested Helena Jahangir, also chairman of ‘Joyjatra IPTV’, from her Gulshan residence, four days after she was removed from her post of a ruling party sub-committee.

The elite force members “seized foreign liquor, illegal walkie-talkie sets, casino equipment and deer skins” during a four-hour raid on her home.

Later another raid was conducted at Joyjatra IPTV station in Mirpur and it was sealed after recovering illegal equipment.

Later the court placed Helena on a 17-day remand in four cases.