A Dhaka court has sentenced businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun to seven years in jail in a money laundering case.
Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hossain of Special Judge Court- 3 of Dhaka on Wednesday noon passed the order in presence of him.
The court also fined him Tk 12 crore.
Earlier on April 8, the same court set the date after conclusion of arguments from both the prosecution and the defence.
On April 29 in 2012, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Assistant Director Mohammad Ibrahim submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka, bringing allegation that Mamun siphoned off around 4,18,853 British pounds to the United Kingdom.
On September 22 in 2011, the ACC filed the case with the Cantonment Police Station against Mamun, an aide of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman. He is currently in jail in connection with different cases.
Mamun, who was made accused in 13 other cases, has already been convicted and sentenced to 20 years in jail in three cases, two of which were for corruption.