| A Khulna court yesterday sentenced Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman and KCC Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sarder Abu Taher to seven years' rigorous imprisonment in an extortion case. They were also fined Tk 1 lakh each, in default of which they have to suffer six more months in prison. Khulna special tribunal judge Shirin Kabita Akhter pronounced the verdict in presence of the detained KCC mayor. The other convict Sarder Abu Taher has been absconding since filing of the case. |