UNB, Dhaka

A special court yesterday sentenced detained former BNP MP Mosaddek Ali Falu to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for embezzlement of government relief materials.
Judge Tanjina Ismail also fined Falu Tk 5.35 lakh, in default, to suffer one year more in jail.
Falu, who faces a number of cases, was convicted first by the special court set up at the high-security parliament complex.
The court, however, acquitted co-accused Monirul Islam Sohel, Falu’s associate, as the prosecution failed to prove the charges bright against him. [Read more]