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The High Court on Wednesday asked two people acquitted by a lower court in a case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others over laundering Tk 4 crore to surrender before it.
They are Mohammad Shahajahan and Niranjan Chandra Saha.
The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order after hearing a petition. The court also wanted to know why the acquittal of the two should not be revoked.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on December 20 filed a petition challenging the lower court’s verdict acquitting Shahajahan and Niranjan in the graft case.
On November 9, Judge of the Dhaka Special (Court-4) Sheikh Nazmul Alam Khan sentenced former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha to 11 years’ imprisonment in the case.
The court also fined S K Sinha Tk 45 lakh, in default, to suffer six months more rigorous imprisonment.
It also ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate Tk 78 lakh from his bank account.
