Dhaka: A Dhaka court sent four family members of former Awami League Lawmaker Dr AMB Iqbal to jail in a corruption case filed over amassing illegal wealth.

Dhaka Special Court-1 Judge Ataur Rahman issued the order on Wednesday.

The family members of ABM Iqbal are, his wife, Dr Momtaz Iqbal Doly, their daughter, Nowrin Iqbal, and sons, Imran Iqbal and Mahin Iqbal.

Earlier, in the day, the accused surrendered before the court and filed bail petitions. However, rejecting the bail plea, the judge sent the former lawmaker’s family to jail.

On 11 March, 2008, the court sentenced three years imprisonment to the four accused and fined them TK1lakh in the graft case filed for amassing wealth and concealing information in his wealth statement.

Later, the accused filed appeal petition with High Court against the verdict. The HC asked them to surrender before the lower court.

In 2010, the court also awarded ABM Iqbal with 10-year of imprisonment for acquiring wealth in an illegal way, and three years of imprisonment along with Tk 50lakh fine for concealing the wealth information in another graft case.