GK Shamim’s mother sent to jail

 News Desk :
A Dhaka court has sent Ayesha Akter, mother of controversial contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim, better known as GK Shamim, in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for amassing wealth beyond their known sources of income.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayes dismissed her bail plea and ordered her to jail after she surrendered before the court on Tuesday.
“Why will the woman be punished because of her son’s business? She is old and sick,” Ayesha’s lawyer Md Mizanur Rahman said during the court hearing.
ACC lawyer Mosharraf Hossain Kazol opposed her bail plea.
The judge had previously issued an arrest warrant against Ayesha following the charges pressed against her by the anti-graft watchdog on Nov 16 last year, reports bdnews24.com
ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin filed the case against Shamim and his mother for amassing Tk 2.97 billion in illegal wealth. The national anti-graft agency alleged that the income tax documents submitted by Shamim showed his wealth worth Tk 402.1 million but it did not find any legal source of income.