SK Sinha sentenced to 11 years in graft case

A Dhaka Court on Tuesday sentenced former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha to 11 years in prison in money laundering and embezzlement cases.

Shaikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 handed down the verdict on Tuesday.

The court also fined Sinha Tk 45 lakh and directed to confiscate Tk 78 lakh deposited in his bank account, in favour of the state.

Besides, eight other accused were sentenced to different jail terms.

However, Md Shahjahan and Niranjan Chandra Saha were acquitted as the charge brought against them were not proven.

Former Managing Director of Farmers Bank, KM Shamim, has been jailed for four years and fined by Tk 50,000.

As per the case statement, the accused arranged a fake loan of Tk 4 crore from the Farmers Bank and transferred it to SK Sinha’s account through pay-order.

Later, SK Sinha transferred the amount to another account, which is a punishable offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Following this, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Syed Iqbal Hossain filed the case at the Commission’s District Integrated Office, Dhaka-1 on 10 July 2019.

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