Staff Reporter :
Three more prosecution witnesses on Tuesday gave their statements before a Dhaka court in connection with a Tk 4 crore money laundering case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others.
Meantime, the court rejected a bail petition of an accused – Mahbubul Haque Chisty, former audit committee chairman of Farmers Bank Ltd-after his lawyer submitted the petition.
The witnesses are: ACC Assistant Director Monirul Islam, Assistant Vice-president and Manager (operation) of Gulshan Corporate Branch of Farmers Bank Ltd Mrinal Majumder and its Executive Officer Rezaul Hassan.
After recording their statements, Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Special Judge Court-4 of Dhaka fixed September 1 for next date of hearing.
In his statement, Monirul said, after receiving First Information Report on July 10 last year, he recorded it as a regular case with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka.
In their statements, Mrinal and Rezaul, said ACC director Benajir Ahmed on July 29 last year went to their Gulshan Corporate office and seized documents on sanctioning loan of Tk 4 crore.
Seven accused, including Chisty, were present in the court today while Sinha and three others are on the run.
Earlier on August 18, ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain, also the complainant of the case, gave his statement before the same court.
On August 13, the same court framed charges against SK Sinha and 10 others.
The Anti-Corruption Commission pressed charges against the 11 persons on December 10 last year in connection with the case.
Justice Sinha resigned on November 11, 2017, from abroad. He is now in the US.
