A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced eleven people including seven officials of Sonali Bank including the former Managing Director of the bank, to different terms jail for embezzling Tk 1.38 crore.
Judge of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-6, Md Zakaria Hossain passed the order after hearing a petition.
Among the convicts, seven former Sonali Bank officials were sentenced to three years imprisonment while the others were sentenced to ten years jail term.
Seven of them were tried in absentia and the court also issued arrest warrant against them.
The seven Sonali Bank former officials were identified as former Managing Director of Sonali Bank, Humayun Kabir, Deputy Managing director Mainul Haque, General Manager Nani Gopal Nath and Mir Mahidur Rahman, Additional General Manager Saiful Hasan, Quamrul Hossain Khan and Deputy General Manager Safiz Uddin Ahmed.
The court also fined them Tk 10,000, in default, to six months more in rigorous imprisonment.
Those who got ten years of imprisonment were identified as Khan Zahan Ali Sweater’s Limited Chairman Tajul Islam, its managing director Abdul jalil Sheikh, director Rafiqul Islam and Mir Mohammad Shawkat Ali.
The court also fined Tk 1 lakh each, in default, to suffer six months more in rigorous imprisonment.
Besides, the court also sentenced them to three years imprisonment for fraudulence and fined Tk 1.14 crore.
Chairman of Khan Zahan Ali Sweater’s Limited Tajul Islam, in collusion with others, misappropriated Tk 1.38 crore from Sonali Bank Hotel Sheraton Branch from February 2012 to May 17, 2012 through forgery.
The then deputy director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) SMM Akhtar Hamid Bhuiya filed a case with Ramna Police Station on January 1, 2013.
The ACC investigating officer submitted a chargesheet against them on May 22, 2014.
