Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced the country’s former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha to 11-year imprisonment in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on a charge of laundering Tk 4 crore from Farmers Bank (Now Padma Bank).
The court also imposed Tk 45 lakh fine on him. Meanwhile, two accused were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
Besides, the court sentenced eight others to different terms of jail sentence in the case. Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 Sheikh Nazmul Alam passed the order.
Earlier on September 14, the Judge fixed the verdict date on October 5 after completion of the closing arguments in the case. Later, it was deferred to October 21.
The court again fixed November 9 to pronounce the verdict in the graft case as the verdict was not ready to be announced on October 21.
On July 10, 2019 the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case for embezzling Tk 4 crore from Farmers Bank (now Padma Bank).
Apart from SK Sinha, the other accused in the case are – Md Mahbubul Huque Chisty alias Babul Chisty, former chairman of the audit committee of Farmers Bank Limited, first vice-presidents Swapan Kumar Roy and Shafiuddin Ashkari, vice president Md. Lutful Huque, former MD AKM Shameem, former SEVP Gazi Salahuddin, bank clients Md. Shahjahan, Niranjan Chandra Saha, his uncle Ranajit Chandra Saha, and Ranajit’s wife Santree Roy.
