Dhaka, April 15 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced Nurul Amin, proprietor of manpower exporter Aviate International, to eight years in prison in a case over the acquisition of illicit wealth and concealment of asset information.

Judge Zakaria Hossain of the sixth Dhaka Special Judge's Court issued the verdict on Tuesday.

The convict's lawyer Shafiqul Islam said Nurul was sentenced to five years in prison and fined Tk 20,000 for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. Failure to pay the fine will add five additional months to the sentence.

Meanwhile, he was handed a 3-year jail term and fined Tk 20,000 for concealing information. Failure to pay the fine will be punished with three more months in prison.

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