10 Kasba Poura councillors jailed for lease scam
Brahmanbaria Additional District and Sessions Judge Court, in a verdict pronounced here yesterday, sentenced 10 councillors of Kasba Pourasabha to two years rigorous imprisonment (RI) each, for leasing out 10 shops of a poura market in their names at a very nominal price, resulting in loss of government, court sources said.
The convicts are Haji Abul Hashem, Jasim Uddin Ahmed, Hira Chan Mia, Akhter Hossain, Nizam Uddin Sarker, Nurunnabi Dulal, Md Shahid Mia, Ayesha Begum, Sheuli Akhter and Anwara Begum.
Earlier, Brahmanbaria Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) assistant director Shaheen Ara Mamtaj filed 10 separate cases against them in October 17, 2007.
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