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| Nadim Mostafa gets 10-yr in jail for felony |
| 2007-08-15 |
| A Rajshahi court yesterday sentenced former BNP lawmaker Nadim Mostafa and 14 others to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in two separate cases of extortion and criminal activities during union parishad (UP) election, 2003 in Durgapur upazila. However, the convicts would actually serve only seven years in jail as the second court of Additional Sessions Judge Rejaul Islam ordered simultaneous execution of two sentences. All the 15 convicted were also fined Tk 13,000 each, in default they would have to suffer 18 months more in jail. The judge in the extortion case sentenced them to seven years in jail and fined them Tk 10,000 in default they would have to serve 12 months more in jail. In the case filed in connection with criminal activities, the judge sentenced them to three years imprisonment and fined them Tk 3,000 in default they would have to serve six more months in prison. The judge, however, acquitted two of the 17 accused in the cases. Nadim Mostafa and 11 other convicted have been absconding since the state of emergency was proclaimed earlier this year. |
| Posted by:Fred |