AL leader Shuja, wife sent to jail

Dhaka, June 22 (bdnews24.com)–Khulna district Awami League general secretary and former whip SM Mostafa Rashid Shuja and his wife, convicted of twin charges of accumulating illegal wealth and hiding property information, on Monday surrendered to court that sent them to jail. Suja and the wife, , Khodeja Rashid, turned themselves in at 12:15pm at Dhaka Special Judge's Court-3 and submitted prayers for bail. Judge Md Mozammel Hossain rejected their bail petitions and ordered them into jail. The Anticorruption Commission filed the case with Ramna police on July 9, 2007. The case statement said Shuja had illegally acquired assets worth Tk 4.43 crore and also concealed information regarding assets of Tk 0.79 crore. A special judge's court on March 12, 2008 had sentenced Shuja to 13 years and his wife three years in prison. bdnews24.com/pb/ff/ha/wz/bd/1348h.