Staff Reporter
Former Awami League Chief Whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah was sentenced to nine years imprisonment while party leader Kazi Zafrullah was sent to jail by separate courts yesterday.
A special court trying high profile corruption cases yesterday sentenced former Awami League (AL) Chief Whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah to nine years’ imprisonment in absentia for non-submission of his income tax return, concealling real income and evading tax.
Pronouncing the verdict, Judge AK Roy also fined him Tk 40 lakh, in default, to suffer six months more in jail. [Read more]