Staff Reporter
Former BNP MP Salahuddin Ahmed’s wife Mrs Shamsunnahar and son Imran Ahmed were yesterday awarded eight years of jail sentences each in two separate tax evasion cases filed by National Board of Revenue (NBR).
Judge Amal Kumar Roy of Special Judge Court-2 situated at parliament complex in the city delivered the judgement.
The court also ordered to confiscate their wealth amounting to Tk 8.26 crore and deposit it to the public exchequer.
At the same time, the court fined the convicts Tk 2.27 crore. In default, they will have to suffer one year of more jail sentence. [Read more]