The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Khulna

Mayor of Khulna Sheikh Tayebur Rahman facing 8 criminal and corruption cases was sent to jail when produced before the CMM court today at the end of police remand in an arms case. Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman rejected the bail petition and ordered the mayor to prison.

Khulna Jail Super Solaiman Ali said the Mayor would be given division in jail as per jail code.

Tayebur Rahman, a BNP leader and High Commissioner to Senegal during the regime of President Ziaur Rahman, was elected mayor of Khulna. He was arrested from his Gulshan residence in Dhaka on November 2 on charge of extortion of Tk 2.9 lakh.

Five mayors of Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet cities are now in jail. Only mayor of Dhaka city Sadeq Hossain Khoka is still remained untouched but he is listed as corrupt-suspect by the Anti-Corruption Commission.