Staff Reporter: Former MP of Pirojpur-1 also president of district Awami League, AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin landed in jail by a court there rejecting their bail prayer on Tuesday.
AKMA Awal, was accused in three cases included misappropriating khas (government) land while his wife was accused in one of it by Anti-corruption commission (ACC).
The district and session court of Abdul Mannan passed the order when Awal and his wife appeared the court with bail prayers.
ACC Deputy Director Ali Akbar filed the cases with the commission’s integrated district office in Barishal on December 30, 2019.
On January 7, Awal and his wife took interim bail from High Court. Later on, the Supreme Court carried on the HC’s order following the appeal of ACC for canceling the bail.
The ex MP took lease of a khas land using fake documents and built a three-storied building on it, according to one case statement.
