Chowdhury Alam jailed for 12 years

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Dhaka city ward commissioner Chowdhury Alam was Sunday sentenced to 12 years rigorous imprisonment for extortion of about Tk 240 million (24 crore) tolls from Bangabazar complex during 2003-05, reports UNB.

Dhaka metropolitan first joint sessions judge KM Howlader handed down the verdict to Alam in a crowded court. He was also fined Tk 0.2 million, in default, two years more in jail.

Rahmat Ali, brother-in-law of Alam and co-accused in the case, tried in absentia, was awarded five years jail and fined Tk 0.1 million.