Ex-BNP MP Millat jailed for 8 yrs

A special court yesterday sentenced former BNP lawmaker M Rashiduzzaman Millat to eight years' imprisonment on charges of amassing illegal wealth beyond known sources of his income and giving false wealth statement.
It ordered confiscation of the property Millat accumulated illegally.
The court also handed down three years' jail term each to Millat's wife Sabera Suraiya and their son Sayed Bin Jaman Sourav in the case.
Millat was also fined Tk 10 lakh, in default of which he would have to remain behind the bars for one year more. Besides, his wife and son were fined Tk 1 lakh each, in default they would have to serve jail term for another month.
Judge Firoz Alam of Special Court-1 at MP Hostel on the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises awarded one year's imprisonment to Millat for giving false wealth statement and seven years' for accumulating illegal wealth. His wife and son were sentenced for abetting him.
All the three are absconding.
Earlier on November 28, another special court sentenced Millat to six years' imprisonment for evading taxes.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Mobara Khanom filed the case concerning illegal wealth on June 3 last year accusing that in the wealth statement submitted to the ACC Millat concealed information about Tk 4.97 crore wealth.
In the first information report (FIR) the complainant mentioned that he also accumulated Tk 5,16,32,098 wealth beyond known sources of his income.
ACC Assistant Director Ibrahim Kawsar, who is also investigation officer of the case, submitted charge sheet in the case on October 2. Charges were framed on November 5 and deposition of witnesses began on November 12. A total of 46 witnesses gave their deposition in the case.
Millat was on the first list of 50 graft suspects the ACC published on February 18 last year.
Meanwhile, the Special Court-2 will pronounce today its verdict in the case against former power secretary ANH Akhter Hossain. The case was filed by the ACC on charges of amassing illegal wealth and giving false wealth statement.