Two more prosecution witnesses (PW) testified on Tuesday in a graft case against 11 people including former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha over allegedly embezzling 4 crore taka from the then Farmers Bank (now Padma Bank Ltd) and laundering the money abroad.
Abu Jahid Ansari, Uttara Bank Limited's vice president, and Mohammad Mahbub Hossain, Supreme Court bench reader, testified today before the court. 18 out of 21 prosecution witnesses have so far testified in the case.
The court of Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 recorded the PWs statements on Tuesday and fixed February 14 for the next PW's hearing.
Investigation Officer (IO) and Director of ACC Benajir Ahmed filed the charge-sheet in the case before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge KM Imrul Kayesh on December 10, 2019.
However, the court transferred the case to Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 for further proceedings on February 20, 2020.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case on July 10, 2019, over embezzlement of 4 crore taka from the then Farmers Bank and laundering the money abroad.
The other accused into the case are -- former Managing Director of Farmers Bank AKM Shameem, First Vice-Presidents Swapan Kumar Roy and Shafiuddin Askaree, Senior Executive Vice-President Gazi Salauddin, Vice-President M Lutful Haque, Entrepreneur Director Md Mahbubul Haque Chisty alias Babul Chisty, clients of the bank Md Shahjahan, Niranjan Chandra Saha, his uncle Ranajit Chandra Saha, and Ranajit’s wife Santree Roy.
According to the complaint, Md Shahjahan and Niranjan had the amount as loan from the then Farmers Bank which was later transferred to Justice Sinha’s Sonali Bank account. The amount was shown as a proceed from selling off his (Sinha’s) house.
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