Bangladesh, Oct. 25 -- A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced a former executive engineer of Civil aviation to 10 years imprisonment in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 3 crore.

The convict is Asir Uddin.

Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge's Court 4 also ordered to confiscate all of Asir's properties, including a building on a three-kantha plot at Uttara sector 14.

Under section 27 (1), Asir was sentenced to eight years in jail. The court also fined him Tk 2 lakh. By default, he has to serve six months in jail.

Besides, under section 26 (2), the court sentenced him to two years in jail and fined Tk 1 lakh. By Default, he has to serve three more months in jail.

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