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| Falu's wife jailed for 8yrs for tax offences |
| 2007-08-23 |
| A special court for dealing with graft cases yesterday sentenced Mahbuba Sultana, wife of political secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, to eight years' imprisonment for committing two offences including evasion of taxes. Mahbuba was awarded five years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) under section 166 of the Income Tax Ordinance 1984 for evading tax. She was also fined Tk 1 crore 58 lakh in default of which she has to suffer one more year of RI. The court sentenced her to three years' simple jail under section 165 of the same ordinance for providing false information about her wealth and concealing information on property. |
| Posted by:Fred |