| A tribunal designed to try the graft cases yesterday sentenced former state minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir to 13 years in prison and fined him Tk 10 lakh. It also ordered the government to confiscate the assets that do not tally with the known sources of his income. MK Alamgir, also a presidium member of Awami League (AL), was given 10 years' rigorous imprisonment under section 27 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Act, 2004 for amassing around Tk 3.27 crore through misuse of power. The special court also fined him Tk 10 lakh and in case of a default in payment he would have to serve one more year of rigorous imprisonment. Alamgir was sentenced to three years in prison under section 26 (2) of the ACC Act, 2004 for concealing in his wealth statement the information about six fixed deposits worth Tk 1.17 crore. |