DJ party at Additional DIG's rented house, 85 detained with drugs sentenced

At that house, 20 to 22 DJ parties were organised every month through online registration. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Elias Kabir of the Detective Uttara Division of DMP disclosed this information at noon on Wednesday (21 October).

DC Elias Kabir said that based on secret information, a raid was conducted on the five-room house and alcohol, yaba, a drug named ‘Kush’, and sexual health-related items were recovered. University students and bankers participated in these parties by using the Airbnb and Travela platforms for a fee of about Tk 600 per person. Among the detained, 26 were young women.

In this incident, all 85 detained were sentenced. Among them, the men were sentenced to one month imprisonment and fined Tk 1,000, while the women were sentenced to 15 days imprisonment and fined Tk 500. In default of the fine, they will have to serve an additional 15 days and 3 days respectively.