Shawdesh Desk:

The High Court (HC) has upheld a lower court judgement that sentenced BNP lawmaker from Chapainawabganj-3 constituency Harunur Rashid to 5-year imprisonment in connection with a case filed for dodging taxes while importing a luxurious car in 2007.

A single bench of Justice Md Selim passed the order on Thursday.

Earlier on October 21 in 2019, a Dhaka court sentenced Harunur to five years’ imprisonment and also fined Tk 50 lakh in the case.

The court also sentenced Enayetur Rahman Bappi, former managing director of NTV, to two years’ imprisonment and fined him Tk one lakh while Ishtiak Sadek, owner of Sky Autos, was jailed for three years and fined Tk 40 lakh.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against Harunur and two others with Pallabi Police Station on March 17, 2007.