Former foreign minister M Morshed Khan’s son Faisal Morshed Khan was on Wednesday jailed again for 10 years for amassing illegal wealth and hiding assets in the wealth statement submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission.
AKM Arifur Rahman, the judge of the special judge’s court 10 set up on the Jatiya Sangsad complex, also ordered confiscation of Faisal’s wealth of Tk 1.66 crore found disproportionate to his legitimate sources of income.
The court also fined Faisal Tk 10 lakh and ordered him to serve one more year in jail in case of failure to pay the fine.
The court sentenced Faisal to imprisonment for two years for hiding assets in the wealth statement and rigorous imprisonment for eight years for amassing illegal wealth.
The court ordered consecutive execution of the sentences meaning Faisal will need to serve both the sentences.
The sentences, however, will come into effect after the arrest or surrender of Faisal as he is in hiding.
On April 13, another special court of AK Roy sentenced Faisal, also the AB Bank chairman, to rigorous imprisonment for seven years for helping former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Shajahan Chowdhury in amassing illegal wealth. The court also sentenced Shajahan to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years for amassing illegal wealth and concealing information about assets.
Faisal’s father M Morshed Khan, also a BNP stalwart, was on August 4 jailed for 13 years for amassing illegal wealth and hiding assets in the wealth statement. Morshed also went into hiding immediately after the declaration of the state of emergency on January 11, 2007.
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