PK Halder’s aide Abhijit gets 7-yr jail term

A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced Abhijit Adhikari Tirtho, a former managing director of Sukhada Properties Ltd. and an associate of alleged financial scam mastermind P.K. Halder, to a total of seven years' imprisonment in a corruption case.

Judge Md. Hasanuzzaman of the Special Judge's Court-1 delivered the verdict, convicting Adhikari under two separate charges. He was sentenced to two years in prison for concealing asset information and five years for acquiring assets beyond his known sources of income. The court also fined him Tk 13.5 million, with an additional 30 days' imprisonment in default of payment.

The court ordered the confiscation of his illegally acquired assets in favour of the state. The sentences will run concurrently, meaning Adhikari will serve a maximum of five years in prison under the applicable legal provisions.