Dhaka:A court has sentenced former Dhaka South City Corporation Ward-9 councillor AKM Mominul Haque Sayeed to seven years in prison in a corruption case.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the court ordered the confiscation of Sayeed's seized assets worth Taka 2.93 crore in favor of the state and imposed a fine of Taka 5,60,33,224 for possessing assets beyond his known sources of income. The judgment was delivered by Judge Hamidul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2 in the absence of the convict, as he remains at large.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Public Prosecutor SM Abul Kalam Azad stated that Sayeed was sentenced to five years in prison for acquiring assets beyond his known sources of income and an additional two years for criminal misconduct. The case was filed by ACC Assistant Director Ataur Rahman Sarker on November 20, 2019, following allegations of acquiring illegal assets worth Taka 4,47,66,261.