Hiding wealth info

Bdnews24.com

A special court Wednesday sentenced former state minister for law barrister Shahjahan Omar to 13-year rigorous imprisonment on charges of accumulating wealth illegally and suppressing information on assets.

Judge Khandaker Kamal Uzzaman of the Special Judge's Court-9 also fined him Tk 10 lakh and he will serve another year in jail if he fails to pay the fine.

The court sentenced Omar's wife Mehzabin Farzana to three years in jail for abetting him.

The court also fined her Tk 5 lakh and she will stay six more months in jail in case of failure to pay the fine.

Both accused are on the run. The sentence will come into effect from the day of their arrest or surrender.

The court ordered confiscation of Shajahan's ill gotten wealth worth Tk 2.6 crore.

Anticorruption Commission assistant director Sheikh Mesbah Uddin filed the case with Gulshan police station on Sept 27, 2007.

In the wealth statement submitted to the ACC, the accused concealed information regarding assets worth Tk 46 lakh and acquired wealth of Tk 2.6 crore beyond their known sources of income.

The commission during its investigation found that the accused concealed information regarding assets and also illegally acquired wealth valued at Tk 2.6 crore.

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