DHAKA, July 22: A former Bangladeshi lawmaker was on Sunday sentenced to two decades in jail by an anti-corruption court for illegally amassing more than a million dollars in cash and property, a government lawyer said.

The court also ordered Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan's property confiscated, public prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kazal said.

“The judge in his verdict said there is a gross mismatch between the income and wealth of Bhuiyan. He was unable to provide clear evidence how he acquired the fortune,” he said.

Bhuiyan, 46, an influential former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) member of parliament, was arrested in April by a military-backed emergency government.—AFP