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Judge Amar Kumar Roy of the Special Judges' Court-2 set up in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban also fined him Tk 1 lakh. He will have to serve three more months in failure to pay the fine.

The court also sentenced former foreign minister M Morshed Khan's son Faisal M Khan to seven-year rigorous imprisonment for abetting the Jamaat leader.

The judge also fined him Tk 1 lakh and if he fails to pay the fine he will have to stay three more months in prison. Shajahan is in jail but Faisal is on the run.

His sentence will take effect from the day of his arrest or surrender. Shajahan's sentence comprises two terms: seven years for accumulating illegal wealth and three years for concealing wealth information.

The sentences will run concurrently, meaning the Jamaat leader must serve out a maximum of seven years in prison.

The court also ordered the authorities to confiscate all his illegally obtained wealth. Abul Kalam Azad, deputy director of the Anticorruption Commission, Chittagong office, filed the case with Port Police Station on July 1 last year.

According to case details, the accused hid information of Tk 50 lakh from the ACC. Shajahan also failed to show any legal source of the money, the case alleged.

In an investigation, ACC assistant director Jahangir Alam found the involvement of Faisal M Khan, also AB Bank chairman and Pacific Motors managing director.

Charges were framed against the two on Nov 4 in the Chittagong Divisional Special Court, but the case was transferred to the Special Judges' Court-2 for Dhaka on Feb 12. Shajahan surrendered on Nov 29. He faces five more cases—three of extortion and one of murder.