A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced six people, including a Chinese national, to different jail terms in a case filed for embezzling Tk 2.59 crore.
Judge of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 Iqbal Hossain handed down the judgment.
Of the convicts, The Sinfa Knitters Limited Chairman Yang Wang Chug and its Director Khasru Al Rahman got 13 years imprisonment while its directors Mansurul Haque and Golam Mostafa 10 years imprisonment. All of them were tried in absentia.
Besides, then senior vice-president of National Bank’s Dilkusha branch Abdul Wadud Khan and its executive vice-president Shahabuddin were sentenced to six years in jail.
The court also fined them Tk 50,000 each, in default, they have to serve an additional three-month rigorous imprisonment.
On October 26, a court fixed November 16 for delivering judgment in the case.
According to the case statement, the convicts, in collusion with each other took a loan of Tk 2.59 crore from the National Bank after submitting a fake document of land against their business company and embezzled the whole money.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case with Motijheel police station on January 17, 2017.
On June 24, 2018, police submitted a charge sheet against the six people.
