Rana Plaza owner’s mother gets 3 yrs in prison for graft

A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s mother to three years’ imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for hiding wealth information.
Special Trial Court-6 Judge KM Imrul Qayes also fined Marjina Begum Tk 10,000, said ACC lawyer Rafiqul Islam, reports the UNB.
The court ordered confiscation of one-thirds of her illegally amassed assets and sent her to jail after cancelling the bail.
The ACC filed the case with Ramna Police Station on April 12, 2015 for submitting false and fabricated wealth information.
At least 1,129 people, mostly garment workers, were killed and some 2,515 others injured as Rana Plaza in Savar came down crushing on April 24, 2013.