Online Desk: A Dhaka court has sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to nine years rigorous imprisonment and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three years rigorous jail in a graft case
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman passed the verdict on Wednesday afternoon. The court also fined Tarique Tk 3 crore, in default, has to serve three months more in jail while Zubaida was fined Tk 35 lakh, or to serve one month more in jail.
Tarique has already convicted in different terms in four other cases. But it is the first case against his wife, said BNP-backed lawyers. Centring the verdict, security has been beefed up near the court since morning.