Bangladesh, Oct. 14 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced eight people, including former Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) chairman Iqbal Uddin Chowdhury, to 14 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the allocation of plots in Purbachal.

Judge Abdus Salam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 delivered the verdict in the absence of the convicts, court bench assistant Saiful Islam Mithu said.

The other convicts are former Rajuk officials SD Faiz, AKM Wahedul Islam, SM Zafar Ullah, HM Zahurul Haque and Md Rezaul Karim Torafdar, along with Amber Group Managing Director Shawkat Aziz and Ashfaq Aziz.

The court also fined each convict Tk 20 lakh, with an additional year of rigorous imprisonment in default of payment. It issued arr...