Taqi's father gets 1 year jail for bounced cheques

A Narayanganj court yesterday jailed Rafiur Rabbi, father of slain schoolboy Tanwir Muhammed Taqi, for one year in a case filed over dishonoured cheques.

The court also fined Rafiur, a cultural activist, Tk 2.10 crore. Of the amount, he has to pay Tk 1.40 crore to the plaintiff while Tk 70 lakh to the government exchequer. 

According to the prosecution, Rafiur gave two cheques for Tk 70 lakh to Jalal Uddin Ahmed, uncle-in-law of Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman, on February 8, 2012 but the cheques bounced. Later, Jalal filed the case with a court on April 25, 2012.

Awalad Hossain, lawyer of Rafiur, told The Daily Star that one Shamim Quadri bought 30 decimals of land from his client and later sold it to Jalal.

The lawyer said as the land mutation for Jalal was cancelled at the local land office, all the parties in a meeting agreed that Jalal would return the land to Rafiur taking Tk 70 lakh from his client.

Rafiur gave two blank cheques to the Jalal's lawyer who was present at the meeting. Jalal did not return the land to his client rather he himself wrote the cheques for Tk 70 lakh bounced in the bank, alleged Awalad adding that Rafiur will file an appeal with the higher court  against the verdict.