Staff Correspondent:

A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced expelled Jubo League leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim, known as GK Shamim, to five years and six months in jail for amassing wealth worth Tk 297 crore illegally.

His mother Ayesha Akhter was acquitted as her involvement with the incident was not proven.

GK Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, is now in jail while his mother is on bail in the case.

Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 of Dhaka handed down the sentence in presence of the GK Shamim and his mother at the courtroom.

In the judgment, the judge said the prosecution was able to prove the charges brought against GK Shamim undoubtedly and he was given punishment for committing such offences.

The judge fined GK Shamim Tk one lakh, in default of which, he will have to serve three months more in jail.

The judge directed the authorities concerned to confiscate Tk 297 crore earned illegally in favour of the state.