KCC Ward commissioner gets six months in jail
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
KHULNA, Mar 10 (UNB): A court here Sunday convicted a Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Ward commissioner and awarded him six months imprisonment in a snatching case.
The court also fined the convict KCC Ward Commissioner Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad Tk 1,000, in default, to suffer one month more in jail.
According to the prosecution, the convict snatched Tk 2,000 from one Ruhul Amin at Rayermahal in the city on December 14, 2004.
The victim filed a case with Sonadanga police the following day.
After examining the records and five witnesses, Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate Shamim Azad handed down the verdict.
The court also fined the convict KCC Ward Commissioner Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad Tk 1,000, in default, to suffer one month more in jail.
According to the prosecution, the convict snatched Tk 2,000 from one Ruhul Amin at Rayermahal in the city on December 14, 2004.
The victim filed a case with Sonadanga police the following day.
After examining the records and five witnesses, Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate Shamim Azad handed down the verdict.