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A special court Wednesday sentenced Awami League leader Mokbul Hossain's son Masudur Rahman to 13 years in jail for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information about assets.

Judge Md Sirajul Islam fined him Tk 10 lakh and ordered one more year in jail in case of failure to pay the sum.

Masud's wife Salma Rahman was jailed for three years on charges of aiding her husband, according to a sentencing by the Special Judge's Court 7 set up on the Jatiya Sangsad complex.

Salma will have to serve six more months behind bars if she fails to pay Tk 1 lakh in fine, slapped by the court.

Jahangir Alam, assistant director of the Anticorruption Commission, filed the case against them on Nov 30.

In case details, the ACC alleged the accused concealed information on wealth worth Tk 3.51 crore and amassed Tk 6.21 crore in illicit wealth.

Mokbul had earlier got 13 years in jail and his wife three years on the same charges.

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