BNP leader Khoka, 3 other gets 10-yr jail in Graft case

A Dhaka court has sentenced former Dhaka City Corporation mayor and also BNP Vice Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka and three others to 10 years’ imprisonment each in a case filed for alleged corruption in leasing a multi-storey car parking in the city's Banani area.

Dhaka divisional special Judge Mizanur Rahman Khan passed the order on Wednesday following a hearing on the case.

The court also fined Khoka Tk20 lakh and the three others Tk10 lakh each.

The other convicts are Banani Super Market Shop Owners’ Association President Abdul Baten Nakib, General Secretary Md Mahmud Hasan Azad and the market's car parking Manager AHM Tareque.