Three witnesses on Tuesday testified against 11 people including former Chief Justice SK Sinha in in a case over embezzling Tk 4 crore from then Farmers Bank and laundering it abroad.
The witnesses are – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director and recording officer of the case Md Monirul Islam, Farmers Bank Gulshan Branch assistant vice-president Mrinal Mazumder and executive officer of the same branch Rezaul Hasan.
The witnesses testified at Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 before being cross-examined.
Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam then adjourned the hearing till September 1.
On August 13 the Special Court framed charges in the case after it was transferred to by a Dhaka Metropolitan Session Court on February 20, 2020,
ACC director and investigating officer of the case Benjir Ahmed filed the charge sheet in the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge KM Imrul Qayes on December 10, 2019,
On July 10, 2019, ACC filed the case against Sinha and 10 others on allegation of embezzling and laundering the money abroad.
The other accused are – former Farmers Bank managing director AKM Shameem, first vice-presidents Swapan Kumar Roy and Shafiuddin Askaree, senior executive vice-president Gazi Salauddin, vice-president M Lutful Haque, bank’s entrepreneur director Md Mahbubul Haque Chisty alias Babul Chisty, bank clients Md Shahjahan, Niranjan Chandra Saha, his uncle Ranajit Chandra Saha, and Ranajit’s wife Santree Roy.
According to the case statement, Md Shahjahan and Niranjan took the money on loan from then Farmers Bank, which was later transferred to Justice Sinha’s Sonali Bank account, showing it was earned from selling of his (Sinha’s) house.
