BNP MP Harunur Rashid files appeal against jail sentence

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BNP MP Harunur Rashid files appeal against jail sentence

Shawdesh Desk:

BNP MP Harunur Rashid on Monday filed an appeal with the High Court against the lower court verdict that earlier given him five years imprisonment in a graft case.

He also sought bail today (Monday), said the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.

The hearing is scheduled to be held before the HC bench of Md Shawkat Hossain later on the day.

Earlier on October 21, a Dhaka court sentenced the BNP lawmaker to five years imprisonment in a tax-evasion case.
The anti-graft body filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station on March 17, 2007, against three people, including Harunur Rashid.