Court orders Nazmul Huda to surrender

The court has reinstated the verdict of four years imprisonment and fine of two and half crore taka to former minister Nazmul Huda. In association with that the court also ordered him to surrender before the judicial court within 45 days.

Nazmul Huda filed appeal against the court verdict in connection with the case filed against him by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Rejecting the appeal the 67 page verdict was published on the Supreme Court website on Sunday.

On November 8, last year the High Court bench of Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha and Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam delivered the verdict rejecting the appeal. The full verdict was published on Sunday.

The observation of the verdict said, corruption is a curse. Corruption is seen everywhere in the society. Corruption ruins the ethical point of the society and corruption of government official not only ruins the ethical condition but it is harmful for national economy and interest.

In this case Nazmul Huda’s wife Sigma Huda was delivered three years imprisonment. But considering her time in the jail as punishment she was relieved from three years punishment.

Through this verdict Nazmul Huda has to go to jail after surrendering to the court within 45 years.

According to the case history, a case was filed against Nazmul Huda and Sigma Huda on March 21, 2007 with Dhanmondi police station by ACC Deputy Director Md. Shariful Islam.

It was alleged in the case that they took two crore 40 lakh taka bribe from one Mir Jaher Hossain for the weekly ‘Khoborer Ontorale’ owned by Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda.

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