Ex-DCC commissioner jailed for five years
A special court yesterday sentenced former Dhaka City Corporation ward-37 councillor Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan to five years' rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating government relief materials.
Judge Ashraf Hossain of the Special Court-5 also fined Ruhul Amin Tk 6.40 lakh in default of which he is to serve term for one more year.
The court set up on the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises, however, acquitted Sujat Ali and Manjur Alam, two fugitive private secretaries of the ward commissioner, since charges brought against them were not proved.
Abdus Samad, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), filed the case with Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station on March 2 last year against Ruhul Amin and his accomplices in connection with misappropriating corrugated iron (CI) sheets meant for government relief.
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