Graft Case
Sylhet CBA leader gets 7 years, wife 3 years
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
A Sylhet court yesterday sentenced Mashuk Uddin Ahmed, CBA president of the state-run Jalalabad Gas Transmission & Distribution Systems Limited, to seven years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) and his wife Hasna Begum to three years' RI in a corruption case.The court also sentenced Amar Sutradhar, manager of their business firm, to three years' RI in the same case. Magistrate of the Cognizance Court-I Abdul Hye Al Mahmud also fined the convicts Tk 10,000 each. If they fail to pay, they will have to suffer five more months in jail. Mashuk, a class III employee (supervisor), became a millionaire through corruption in collusion with the leaders of the four-party alliance government. He had the full control over the administration of the organisation, and was involved in tender manipulations and giving illegal appointments. Besides, Mashuk did brisk business with Jalalabad Gas through his wife's firm 'Dipshikha Prajukti'. Joint forces men also seized huge goods and materials of Jalalabad Gas, including GI pipes, gas risers and a jeep worth about Tk 50 lakh, from his personal godown at Hosnabad Residential Area. A case was filed against Mashuk, Hasna and Amar on charges of misappropriation of government funds and materials.
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Jalalabad Gas Transmission & Distribution Systems Limited CBA President Mashuk Uddin Ahmed is being taken to jail in Sylhet yesterdayss |
