The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The High Court Sunday fined Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan Tk 25,000 for misleading the court by concealing information about the latest development in a corruption case.

The pecuniary punishment was given when the lawyer of Abdul Kalam Shamsuddin, a former administrative officer of the Roads and Highways, informed the court that a special anti-graft court had already sentenced his client to 13 years imprisonment despite the High Court’s stay on the case proceeding.

Trying in absentia, the special court of judge Tanzina Ismail on July 17 sentenced Abdul Kalam Shamsuddin to 13 years imprisonment with fine of Tk 10 lakh for amassing illegal wealth and concealing information about his property.

The court had also ordered the confiscation of Samsuddin’s property worth Tk 4.96 crore.