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A Dhaka tribunal yesterday cleared Mohammad Erfan Salim, son of Awami League leader and lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, in an arms case as the police did not find any evidence to prove the charges against him and the prosecution did not seek further investigation.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Special Tribunal-1 in Dhaka passed the order after a short hearing on the probe report that cleared Erfan.
Officials of Rapid Action Battalion, after a raid on Erfan s Chawkbazar house on October 26 last year, told reporters that they seized five bottles of foreign liquor and an unlicensed pistol with two bullets from Erfan, while 406 yaba tablets and an illegal pistol with four bullets were also recovered from his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah.
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I met Pran Nath Puri when I was in DAV College, Chandigarh, in the late sixties, through his son Parminder who was my class fellow, and later a good friend. As friends we would often visit each other’s homes and that’s how I met this devout, fearless freedom fighter. I found him to be a simple, khadi-wearing, self-effacing and unassuming person, not easily opening up about his daring deeds during the freedom struggle.
Pran Nath hailed from Kunjah village in Gujrat district of Pakistan. His father, Dr Hari Chand, was well known in the area. Being bright in studies, Pran Nath joined DAV College, Lahore, and was staying in the college hostel. The revolutionary movement led by the iconic Bhagat Singh was at its peak, and he, too, like so many other young men, was swept off his feet. He became a regular subscriber to the published revolutionary literature. The hostel was often frequented by sympathisers of top firebrand leaders and his room was occasionally used for