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Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan has been sentenced to one year in jail by the ACC in a case brought by the ACC for embezzling Tk 50 lakh through bogus vouchers. He was also fined 50 lakh rupees. Another three months in prison have been ordered for non-payment of the fine.
On Wednesday (November 18), ACC lawyer Mahmud Hossain Jahangir confirmed the matter to Jago News.
He said: ‘Judge Syed Kamal Hossain of the Dhaka Divisional Special Judges Court gave the verdict on Tuesday. Mannan was present in court when the verdict was announced. When he requested bail despite the appeal, the judge granted him bail. The court also acquitted Golam Kibria in the same case.
It is known from the case that while he was mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (Aug 16, 2013 to Feb 2, 2015), he embezzled 49 lakh 1,748 rupees of Gazipur City Corporation poverty relief funds showing subsidy and spending of 999 false receipts.
ACC Deputy Deputy Director Shamsul Alam filed a case against Mannan and his accomplice Golam Kibria at Joydebpur Police Station in Gazipur on June 23, 2016.
On January 12, 2016, the ACC filed a charge sheet on behalf of Mannan and Golam Kibria. The Gazipur Court of Special Judges took notice of the case and transferred it to the Dhaka Divisional Court of Special Judges for trial. On January 16, 2019, the Dhaka Special Judge Divisional Court brought charges against him. Six people have testified in the case at different times.
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