A court in Manikganj has sent former municipality mayor Ramjan Ali to jail. He appeared before the court after a long period in hiding.
He had earlier secured bail from the High Court in two cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Judge S K M Tofayel Hasan of the Manikganj District and Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order on Thursday afternoon after rejecting his bail petition.
Court sources said that in May 2007, the then assistant director of the district ACC, Md Abdul Majeed, filed a case against former mayor Ramjan Ali and Amirul Islam Mottu of Messrs Mahua Construction over alleged embezzlement of about Tk3.25 lakh from the municipality.
He is also accused in another case filed in 2009.
The case was filed under Sections 420, 406 and 109 of the Penal Code and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
