A Dhaka court has sentenced "Casino Brothers" -- Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan -- and nine others to seven years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over laundering Tk 2 crore.
Judge Md Iqbal Hossain of the Dhaka Special Judges' Court-5 delivered the verdict on Monday.
The court also fined them Tk 4 crore each.
Enu, former vice-president of the Gendaria unit of Awami League, and Rupon, joint general secretary of the same unit, were present at the court during the hearing.
The other convicts are Enu's three brothers -- Shahidul Haque Bhuiyan, Rashidul Haque Bhuiyan and Merajul Haque Bhuiyan; General Secretary of Wanderers Club in Motijheel Joy Gopal Sarkar; and their accomplices Tuhin Munshi, Nabir Hossain Sikder, Saiful Islam, Abul Kalam Azad and Pavel Rahman.
Of them, Enu, Rupon, Joy Gopal, Nabir Hossain, Azad and Saiful are now in jail custody. Tuhin was released on bail and Shahidul, Rashidul, Merajul and Pavel are on the run.
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