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In the verdict, the judge said the prosecution was able to prove the charges brought against them undoubtedly and so they were punished.

Earlier, the prosecution and the defence completed their arguments and the court recorded statements of 22 prosecution witnesses, including the complainant of the case. On November 30, 2021, the same court framed charges against the couple in the case.

On March 30, 2021, Anti-Corruption Commission’s Deputy Director Shahin Ara Momtaz, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Senior Special Judge’s Court.

The ACC filed the case against the couple with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka on August 4, 2020.

According to the case statement, Papia paid over Tk 3.23 crore cash to the Westin Hotel for services between October 12, 2019 and February 22, 2020.

A team of Rab-1 arrested Papia, her husband and their two accomplices from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport when they were trying to leave the country on February 22, 2020.