Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim. Photo : Collected

DHAKA, March 27, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today convicted and sentenced 
controversial contractor Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim to five and a 
half years (5.5 years) in jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption 
Commission (ACC) for amassing illegal wealth.

Judge Md Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 pronounced the judgement 
and also fined the convict Taka one lakh, in default, to suffer three months 
more in jail. The court also ordered to seize Taka 297.08 crore of the 
convict in favor of the state.

The court acquitted co-accused and Shamim's mother Ayesha Akter of the 
charges, Belal Hossain, bench assistant of the court, told BSS.

The ACC on October 21, 2019, filed the case against GK Shamim and his mother 
Ayesha Akter for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 297.08 crore. The anti-graft 
body on December 22, 2020, filed charge-sheet against the mother-son duo.

Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 on October 18, 2022, framed charges against the 
two accused, initiating the trial officially.