Maqbul’s son, daughter-in-law jailed
Courtesy New Age 18/5/08
Former Awami League lawmaker Maqbul Hossain’s son Masudur Rahman was on Wednesday sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 13 years for amassing illegal wealth and hiding assets in the wealth statement submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission.
In the verdict, M Sirajul Islam, judge of the special judge’s court 7 set up on the Jatiya Sangsad complex, also sentenced Masud’s wife Salma Rahman to rigorous imprisonment for three years for abetting her husband in committing the offences.
The court orders confiscation of the couple’s assets of Tk 6.22 crore, which was found disproportionate to their known sources of income.
The court also fined Masud Tk 10 lakh and Salma Tk 1 lakh. If they fail to pay the fines, Masud will need to serve one more year and Salma six more months in jail. Masud was jailed for 10 years for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 6.22 crore and for three years for hiding assets of Tk 3.51 crore. The court ordered consecutive execution of the sentences, meaning Masud would need to serve both the sentences for a total of 13 years.
The sentences against the couple, however, will come into execution after their arrest or surrender as they are in hiding.
The commission’s assistant director Jahangir Alam filed the case against the couple on November 30. The sentences against Masud and his wife came one week after Masud’s father, Maqbul Hossain, was jailed for 13 years and Maqbul’s wife Golam Fatema Tahera Khanom for three years on similar charges on May 6.
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