A Dhaka court today ordered to send BNP leader
Amanullah Aman to jail, in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption
Commission (ACC) in 2007.
Earlier, Aman surrendered before the court of Judge Abul Kashem of the
Special Judge’s Court-1 this morning, as per the orders of the High Court.
The court however, scrapped his plea and ordered to send her to jail, defence
lawyer Nazrul Islam told BSS.
On August 7, 2023, the High Court released the full text of the 281-page
judgment stating that the couple has to surrender before the lower court
concerned within 15 days and uploaded it on its website.
Prior to that, a High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam
Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat pronounced the judgment on May 30,
upholding BNP leader Aman Ullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman’s jail sentence
of 13-year and three-year terms respectively, in a case for amassing illegal
wealth beyond known income source.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on March 6, 2007, filed the case with
Kafrul Police Station in the capital against the duo.
The Special Judge Court on June 21, 2007, handed down the verdict. The couple
filed an appeal against the judgment and the High Court on August 16, 2010,
had acquitted them, allowing their appeal.
The ACC however, challenged the acquittal order. The Appellate Division on
May 26, 2014, scrapped the High Court verdict and ordered a fresh hearing on
appeal in the case.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha