Sakhira ZISAS chief sent to jail for 'cheating'

Nazmul Islam Khan Chowdhury surrendered before the District and Session Judge's court for bail in a case filed against him for taking Tk one lakh from advocate S M Ataur Rahman with a promise to sell land. Bu he neither gave the land nor returned the money.

Advocate Ataur Rahman had filed a case with a Magistrate's court at Satkhira.

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The accused had appealed to the High Court for bail but it directed him to appear before the District and Session Judge's court. Nazmul is also a prospective ward commissioner candidate in the ensuing Satkhira pourasabha polls, party sources said.