Chandpur UP chair sent to jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Chandpur's Union Parishad Chairman Md Selim Khan to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 34.53 crore.

Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after he surrendered before it, seeking bail. The ACC on August 1 filed a case against Salim on allegation of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 34.53 crore and concealing the information of wealth worth Tk 66.99 lakh.

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