The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today approved charges against 11 people including former chief justice SK Sinha in a case filed for his alleged involvement in withdrawing of Tk four crore from Farmers Bank.
On July 10, the national anti-graft agency filed a case against SK Sinha and 10 others on charges of misappropriating and laundering around Tk 4 crore from the then Farmers Bank now Padma Bank in 2016.
The other accused include the bank’s former MD AKM Shamim, Senior Executive Vice President and former head of Credit Division Gazi Salahuddin, First Vice President of Credit Division Swapan Kumar Roy, Senior Vice President and former branch manager Zia Uddin Ah-med, First Vice President Shafiuddin Askary and Vice President Lutful Haque.
Rest of the accused are one Shahjahan of Tangail’s Sreehoripur village; Ranjit Chandra Saha of the district’s Jodunathpur village, his wife Santri Roy and nephew Niranjan Chandra Saha.
During the investigation into the case, ACC found evidence of punishable offence under money laundering act against the 11 accused including SK Sinha and thus it approved the investigation officer to submit charge sheets in this connection.
The investigation officer of the case will submit the charges before a Dhaka court soon, said Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, ACC public relations officer.
