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BNP MP Harunur Rashid gets 5-year jail in graft case
DHAKA, Oct 21, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today sentenced
Chapainawabganj-3 lawmaker Md Harunur Rashid to five-year rigorous
imprisonment and fined him Taka 50 lakh in a graft case.
Dhaka 4th Special Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam passed the order as the court
found him guilty for selling Hummer SUV brought in the country using tax-free
facility in 2005.
The court also sentenced accused Ishtiaq Sadek to three-year
imprisonment and fined him Taka 40 lakh and handed down two-year imprisonment
to another accused Md Enayetur Rahman (Bappy) and fined him Taka one lakh.
The BNP lawmaker was present during the pronouncement of the judgement
and was later sent to Keraniganj jail with conviction warrant. The other two
convicts are yet to be arrested.
According to the law, no vehicle brought under tax-free facility can be
sold within three-years of import. But the BNP leader sold the vehicle to car
trader Sadek, who later sold that to Enayetur.
Police on March 7, 2007, filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station and
charge sheet was filed against the three on July 18, 2007. The court also
framed charges against them on the same year.
The court today came up with the judgement after examining 17 witnesses
on different occasion.
BSS/CORR/MHR/FI/ 1620 hrs