Chittagong Special Divisional Court on Tuesday awarded nine persons including two former Agrani Bank officials to five years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for misappropriating over TK 75.57 lakh through fraudulence.
The court also fined Tk. eight lakh 39 thousand 700 each, in default to suffer RI for six months more. The court, however, acquitted two other former Bank officials.
The Special Judge Mir Ruhul Amin delivered the verdict convicting former Agrani Bank, Khatunganj branch Manager Ansarul Hoque, former cash in charge Abdus Sukkur, importers – Swpan Kumar Gosh, Abdun Nur, Jamal Uddin, Kurban Ali, Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Mohammad Shahidur Rahman, and Mohammad Hossain, court sources said.The judge delivered the verdict in absentia of all the convicts as all of them remained fugitive.
The then Bureau of Anti Corruption during an investigation found that the convicts in connivance misappropriated Tk. 75.57 lakh through fake import certificates in importing CI sheets from 10 September to 13 October in 1988. Abu Mohammad Arif Siddique, inspector of the Bureau on Oct 13, 1988 filed a case with Kotwali thana against 11 persons including four Agrani Bank officials in this connection. The court also directed the respective district magistrates to realize the money and deposit it to the government exchequer.
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The court of Chittagong 5th Additional district & Sessions Judge Nur -e- Alam delivered the verdict convicting Joysen Barua, hailing from Halodia village under Raozan upazila of the district.
Court sources said a team of Hathazari thana police arrested Joysen Barua on December 22, 2003. Police also recovered a country made LG gun from Boalia Bridge area under Hathazari thana, according to his confession.
Later, a case was filed against him with Hathazari thana in this connection. The investigation officer of the case submitted a charge-sheet against Joysen on December 22, 2003.
The court today examined a total of seven prosecution witnesses, out of 14, and passed the verdict.
Court sources said the convict Joysen Barua had been absconding after getting bail from the court.
