Ctg WASA ex-driver, wife jailed in graft case

A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced a former driver of Chattogram WASA and his wife to three years’ imprisonment on charges of acquiring assets illegally.

Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Mizanur Rahman delivered the verdict on Monday in presence of the accused.

The convicts were identified as Mohammad Tajul Islam, and his wife Khairunnahar Begum, of the city’s Amin Jute Mill area under Bayezid Bostami police station.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Public Prosecutor Mokarram Hossain said the court sentenced Tajul to three years' rigorous imprisonment, fined Tk15,69,193 and six more months’ imprisonment in default.

On the other hand, his wife Khairunnahar was also awarded three years' rigorous imprisonment, financial penalty of Tk15,69,193, and six more months’ imprisonment in default.

She was also fined Tk1 lakh more in a separate section, the prosecutor said.

According to the deposition of the case, Tajul and his wife allegedly acquired wealth beyond their known sources of income and invested the money in purchasing land and constructing a building after the name of Khairunnahar.

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Khairunnahar opened an income tax file in her own name and showed the assets and their sources of income in an attempt to legitimise her husband's illegally earned money.

ACC filed a case against the couple in this connection in March 2022.

After completing investigation, charge sheet was submitted against them. A court framed charges in the case on 1 July last year.

The court pronounced the verdict after recording depositions of nine witnesses, said the PP.