Khoka jailed for 10 years in graft case
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Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court sentenced four people including former Dhaka City Corporation Mayor and BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka to 10 years in jail in Banani Super Market car parking corruption case.
Dhaka Divisional Special Judge Mizanur Rahman Khan announced the verdict in absence of the convicts on Wednesday morning.
The court also fined Khoka Tk 20 lakh and three others Tk 10 lakh each.
The other accused are Abdul Baten, president of DCC super market in Banani; Mahmudul Hassan Azad, its general secretary; and AHM Tareque, manager of the market's parking lot.
All three are now on bail while Khoka, currently in London, was shown fugitive in the case.
On February 15, 2012, Md Mahbubul Alam, assistant director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), filed the corruption case with Shahbagh Police Station over misappropriation of funds.
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