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Food official gets 12 years RI

20 July 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Manikganj

A court on Thursday sentenced an upazila food officer to 12 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for misappropriating government rice. Convict Sumon Sadhan Dewan of Pankhaiyapara village in Khagrachhari district, was also fined Tk 28,78,909, in default, to suffer one year and six months more RI in jail. District and Sessions Judge Abdul Kuddus Mia gave the verdict in absence of the convict. According to the prosecution story, Sumon misappropriated Tk 28,78,909 government rice from February 2 in 2005 to January 31, 2008, while on duty as Saturia Upazila Food Officer. Manikganj Sadar upazila Food Controller Mohammad Shahjahan registered a general diary with Saturia police station on February 10 in 2008.