The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

A fast-track court, trying high-profile corrupt suspects, Monday sentenced fugitive Shahrin Islam Tuhin, nephew of detained BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, to eight years for tax evasion.

Judge Tanzina Ismail of the special court, set up at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban complex, also fined Tuhin Tk 92 lakh, in default, to suffer nine months more in jail.

The sentence will be effective the day he will be arrested or when he surrenders to the court, court sources said.

Deputy tax commissioner Golam Kabir of the National Board of Revenue filed the case against Tuhin nearly two months ago, accusing him of evading Tk 8.18 lakh income tax between fiscal years 1998 and 2007 and concealing Tk 3.29 crore in his wealth information submitted to the NBR.