One jailed as cheque bounces
A court here yesterday sentenced a local BNP leader to one year jail as the bank bounced his cheque. Convict Gias Uddin is president of Sonagazi upazila BNP unit and former chairman of Chandia union parishad. Judge Zebunnahar Ayesha of District Joint Session Judge's Court handed down the verdict yesterday afternoon in absence of the accused. The court also fined him Tk 15 lakh. According to the case statement, Kabir Ahmed Choudhury, a businessman of Feni town, paid Tk 12 lakh to Gias Uddin in instalments in order to buy a piece of land from him. However, Gias later refused to sell the land and gave Kabir a cheque for Tk 15 lakh including interest. As the cheque bounced, Kabir filed a case against Gias.
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