Expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon have been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison each in a case over the illegal acquisition of wealth. The case statement also said that Papia and her husband had deposits totalling Tk 3.05 million in multiple bank accounts. At the time of their arrest, authorities seized seven passports, Tk 212,270 in cash, counterfeit notes worth Tk 25,600, $11,481, some Sri Lankan and Indian currency, and two debit cards. Later, the ACC filed a case against Papia for amassing illegal wealth. In a separate money laundering case, the court sentenced Papia to four years of rigorous imprisonment on May 25.
