Nasim gets 13 years jail for illegal assets
Monday, 8 October 2007
A special court dealing with high-profile graft cases Monday sentenced former Awami League minister Mohammad Nasim to 13 years in jail after it convicted him of having undeclared assets and concealing the information. The court also handed his wife Laila Arzumand Banu three years' jail term on charges of aiding her husband in amassing assets. Banu is absconding. On March 21, ACC assistant director Mahbubul Alam filed a case with Dhanmondi Police Station against Nasim and Banu on charge of concealing wealth information of Tk 16.4 million. Judge Md Firoz Alam of Special Judge's Court-1 imposed a fine of Tk 1.0 million on Nasim, the former home minister. He will have to serve another year in prison if he fails to pay the fine.