BNP leader Rafiqul jailed in graft case

Police yesterday arrested BNP standing committee member barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah as a Dhaka court sentenced him to three- year imprisonment for not submitting wealth statement to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). A team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police picked Rafiqul Islam up from his residence in the city’s Eskaton area this evening, said Krishna Pado Roy, additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

Earlier in the day, Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 sentenced Rafiqul Islam Miah to three years imprisonment for not submitting wealth statement to the national anti-graft agency. The court also fined him Taka 50,000. In default, he has to suffer three months imprisonment. The court also issued arrest warrant against him as it pronounced the judgment in his absence yesterday.

On April 7, 2001, the then Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) issued a notice upon him asking to submit wealth statement to the Commission. The ACB on January 15, 2004, filed a case with Uttara PS against him as he failed to submit the report within stipulated time.

On November 14, 2017, the court ordered to initiate the case after taking into cognisance the charges framed against him. The court yesterday pronou-nced the verdict after examining six witnesses in the case.

Meanwhile, the BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, at a press conference alleged that its standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah was convicted by a lower court at the behest of the government.

 

BNP leader Rafiqul jailed in graft case

Police yesterday arrested BNP standing committee member barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah as a Dhaka court sentenced him to three- year imprisonment for not submitting wealth statement to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). A team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police picked Rafiqul Islam up from his residence in the citys Eskaton area this evening, said Krishna Pado Roy, additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Earlier in the day, Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 sentenced Rafiqul Islam Miah to three years imprisonment for not submitting wealth statement to the national anti-graft agency. The court also fined him Taka 50,000. In default, he has to suffer three months imprisonment. The court also issued arrest warrant against him as it pronounced the judgment in his absence yesterday. On April 7, 2001, the then Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) issued a notice upon him asking to submit wealth statement to the Commission. The ACB on January 15, 2004, filed a case with Uttara PS against him as he failed to submit the report within stipulated time. On November 14, 2017, the court ordered to initiate the case after taking into cognisance the charges framed against him. The court yesterday pronou-nced the verdict after examining six witnesses in the case. Meanwhile, the BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, at a press conference alleged that its standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah was convicted by a lower court at the behest of the government.