The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others on charges of loan scam and laundering Tk 4 crore from Farmers Bank.
ACC Director Syed Iqbal as plaintiff filed the lawsuit with the ACC headquarters at the capital's Segun Bagicha on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court earlier said in a statement that Sinha had been facing 11 specific charges, including corruption, money laundering, financial irregularities and moral blunder.
The other accused are – KM Shamim, former managing director of Farmers Bank, renamed Padma Bank, former SEVP Gazi Salauddin, first vice president Swapon Kumar Ray, senior vice president Md Ziauddin Ahmed, first vice president Shafiuddin Askary, vice president Md Lutful Haque, Tangail residents Md Shahjahan, Niranjan Chandra Saha, Ranjit Chandra Saha and his wife Shanti Ray. In October 2018, ACC Chairman revealed the commission found ‘evidence’ of fraud involving transactions of Tk 40 crore borrowed by two so-called businessmen, Shahjahan and Niranjan, from Farmers Bank. The ACC later launched an investigation over allegations that the fund was deposited in Sinha’s bank account, credited as the proceeds of the sale of his house.