Two bankers jailed for graft

A court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced two bank officials to different terms of jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for embezzling Tk 90 lakh through fraud.

Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 pronounced the judgment, sentenced Prime Bank Junior Officer Mirza Kamrul Hasan to five-year imprisonment, and fined him Tk 50,000, or to suffer one month more behind bars in default.

The court also sentenced Sonali Bank Limited Executive Officer Md Anisur Rahman Sarkar to three-year imprisonment and fined him Tk 30,000, or to suffer one month more behind bars in default.

The court came up with the judgment in the presence of the two convicts and sent them to jail with a conviction warrant.

ACC deputy director Shahin Ara Momtaj filed the case against six with Motijheel Police Station on September 8, 2014. The anti-graft body on February 29, 2016, filed the charge sheet in the case. The court on October 29, 2017, framed charges against the accused, initiating the trial officially.