Two govt employees among eight fraudsters jailed

A court here yesterday sentenced eight people, including two government employees, to different jail terms in a fraud case. 

The convicts are Giashuddin Mollah, assistant teacher of Sreeramnagar Non-government Primary School, Abu Bakkar Siddique, peon of Nagarkanda sub-registrar office, and its extra moharar Mohammad Ali and Esametara Begum, Sujit Kumar Biswas, Delwar Hossain, Usha Biswas and Anju Akter.

Of them, Giashuddin and Esametara were tried in absentia, said Mujibur Rahman, public prosecutor (PP) of Faridpur Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Judge Mohammad Motiar Rahman of Faridpur Special Judge's Court sentenced Giashuddin to life term imprisonment and seven years under two sections,

Abu Bakkar to 15 years and six others to 10 years each, said PP Mujibur.

The court also fined Giashuddin Tk 55,000, in default, to suffer six months and 15 days more in jail, Abu Bakkar Tk 25,000, in default, to suffer two months and 15 days more in prison and six others Tk 20,000 each, in default, to suffer another three months in jail, said Mujibur.

According to the case statement, Sheikh Abdul Motalab and his two brothers Murad Hossain and Farhad Hossain of Poradia village in Nagarkanda upazila bought 39 decimals of land from seven people of the area on March 5 in 2012.

But claiming ownership of the land, Giashuddin on March 11 filed a case with Nagarkanda Police Station, accusing Motalab and his two siblings and the seven land sellers.

After investigation, it was found that Giashuddin made a fake document of the land with the help of the peon and the extra moharar of the sub-registrar office.

Later, Motalab filed a case with the police station, accusing 10 people on May 2 in 2013.

Of the accused, two died while the then Faridpur ACC deputy assistant director ASM Sajjad was investigating the case.

After examining witnesses and evidence, the judge found the eight guilty and pronounced the verdict.