A Dhaka Court has fixed November 12 for the next prosecution witnesses to testify in graft case against 11 people including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for allegedly embezzling Tk four crore from the then Farmers Bank and laundering the money abroad.
Earlier, today data entry control operator of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Ahsan Habib testified before the court. Eleven out of eighteen prosecution witnesses have so far testified in the case. Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam adjourned the hearing till November 12.
Earlier on October 4, three prosecution witnesses testified in this case. They are: Executive Officers of Shahjalal Islami Bank Uttara Branch Ataur Rahman and Rafikul Islam and Manager of Padma Bank Gulshan Branch SM Sayem.
Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 framed charges into the case on August 13. 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.
ACC filed the case on July 10, 2019 for embezzling Taka four crore 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 proceed from selling off his (Sinha’s) house.
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