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DHAKA: A court has sentenced AKM Mominul Haque Saeed, former councillor of Ward No. 9 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), to seven years in prison in a corruption case involving the acquisition of illegal wealth.
Judge Hamidul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2 delivered the verdict on Thursday.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) prosecutor SM Abul Kalam Azad confirmed the sentence, stating that the court sentenced Saeed to five years in prison for acquiring assets beyond his known sources of income and an additional two years for criminal misconduct.
The court also fined him Tk 5,60,33,224 for illegally acquired wealth and ordered the confiscation of Tk 2.93 crore that had been frozen. As the accused is absconding, the court issued both a sentence warrant and an arrest warrant against him.
On November 20, 2019, ACC Assistant Director Ataur Rahman Sarker filed the case with the ACC’s Integrated District Office in Dhaka-1, accusing Saeed of illegally acquiring assets worth Tk 4,47,66,261.
According to the case, Saeed abused his official position with dishonest intentions to accumulate wealth through casino-related businesses and various other illegal businesses and activities. The assets were allegedly inconsistent with his known sources of income.
Following the investigation, Ataur Rahman Sarker submitted the charge sheet to the court on April 17, 2022. The court subsequently framed charges against the accused and commenced the trial.
During the trial, the court recorded testimony from all 13 witnesses in the case.
