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Ex-shipping chief engineer jailed in bribery case
Representational image/fIle A Dhaka court on Monday 25 Nov sentenced SM NazmulHaque, the former chief engineer and surveyor of the Department of Shipping, to seven years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over taking Tk 5 lakh bribe for approving a ship's design.
Dr.G.R.Balakrishnan Nov 28 2024 Marine News

Ex-shipping chief engineer jailed in bribery case

Judge Rezaul Karim of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 handed down the sentence in presence of the convict, said ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir. After the verdict, the judge ordered to send the convict to Dhaka Central Jail with a conviction warrant.

Earlier, the prosecution and defence completed their arguments, and the judge recorded the statements of 12 prosecution witnesses, including the complainant of the case.

On April 12, 2018, the ACC arrested NazmulHaque from a hotel in Segunbagicha area of ​​the capital when he was allegedly taking a bribe of Tk 5 lakh for approving a ship's design.Following the incident, the ACC filed the case against him with Shahbagh Police Station.

According to the case statement, a trap was planned to arrest Nazmul red-handed after receiving a complaint from a shipping company named Syed Shipping Lines.

Nazmul told an official of that company to come to a restaurant with Tk 5 lakh.Meanwhile, a team of ACC had already took position to detain him red-handed. Immediately after he accepted the bribe, the ACC team arrested Nazmul.

After an investigation, the ACC pressed charges against him on November 12, 2018. The court framed charges against the accused on February 20, 2020