Giasuddin Al Mamun jailed for seven years

A Dhaka Court on Wednesday sentenced acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman’s business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun to seven years in jail for money laundering.
Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hossain of Special Judge Court also fined Mamun Tk 12 crore in the verdict given in the afternoon. 
Mamun siphoned off Tk 6.57 crore to NatWest Bank in London between 2003 and 2006, special public prosecutor Md. Rafique Uddin Bachchu told New Age.
He had earned the money by illegal means through a railway tender, he said.
On September 22, 2011, the Anti-Corruption Commission Assistant Director Mohammad Ibrahim filed the case against Mamun with Cantonment police station on charge of money laundering. 
The ACC submitted a charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka on April 29, 2012.
The court testified a total of 9 prosecution witness out of 10. 
Mamun was present at the court when the verdict was delivered.
He looked calm and relaxed throughout the court session.

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net