KCC mayor sent to jail

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KHULNA, Nov 11 (UNB): Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman, facing 8 criminal and corruption cases, was sent to jail when produced before the chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) court Sunday at the end of police remand in an arms case.
Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman rejected the bail petition and ordered the KCC mayor to prison.
Khulna Jail Super Solaiman Ali said the Mayor would be given division in jail as per the jail code.
Tayebur Rahman, a BNP leader and High Commissioner to Senegal during the regime of President Ziaur Rahman, was the elected mayor of Khulna.
He was arrested from his Gulshan residence in Dhaka on November 2 on charge of extortion of Tk. 29 million (2.9 lakh).