Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka Court yesterday (Tuesday) sentenced six officials of former Oriental Bank (now ICB Islami Bank Limited) and a client of the bank to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a case filed for misappropriation of Tk one crore.
Judge Aminul Islam of the Special Judge Court-4 of Dhaka pronounced the judgment.
The convicts are former Vice-President of the bank Shah Mohammad Harun, the bank’s former Senior Assistant Vice-President Abul Quashem
Ahmad Ullah, assistant vice-president Mohammad Fazlur Rahman, senior Executive Vice-President Quamrul Hossain, Assistant Vice-President Mahmud Hossain and Deputy Manager Imamul Haque. Besides, a director of Messrs Bakar Hossain was also awarded similar punishment for the same charges.
The court fined all the convicts Tk 1,428,572 each. The court heard the testimonies of nine witnesses to pronounce the verdict.
The prosecution case says that the bank officials disbursed a loan of Tk one crore to Messrs Bakar Hossain which had no existence from April 2005 to June 2006. Thus, the loan amount was misappropriated in collusion with each other among the accused.
All the accused are on the run and the court issued arrest of warrants against them on Tuesday.
Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) SMM Akhter
Hamid Bhuiya filed the case with Motijheel Police Station against the accused on December 29 in 2006.
On January 6, 2013, the ACC submitted charge sheet against them. Shafiqul Islam was the investigation officer of the case while Advocate Kabir Hossain conducted the case on behalf of ACC.
A Dhaka Court yesterday (Tuesday) sentenced six officials of former Oriental Bank (now ICB Islami Bank Limited) and a client of the bank to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a case filed for misappropriation of Tk one crore.
Judge Aminul Islam of the Special Judge Court-4 of Dhaka pronounced the judgment.
The convicts are former Vice-President of the bank Shah Mohammad Harun, the bank’s former Senior Assistant Vice-President Abul Quashem
Ahmad Ullah, assistant vice-president Mohammad Fazlur Rahman, senior Executive Vice-President Quamrul Hossain, Assistant Vice-President Mahmud Hossain and Deputy Manager Imamul Haque. Besides, a director of Messrs Bakar Hossain was also awarded similar punishment for the same charges.
The court fined all the convicts Tk 1,428,572 each. The court heard the testimonies of nine witnesses to pronounce the verdict.
The prosecution case says that the bank officials disbursed a loan of Tk one crore to Messrs Bakar Hossain which had no existence from April 2005 to June 2006. Thus, the loan amount was misappropriated in collusion with each other among the accused.
All the accused are on the run and the court issued arrest of warrants against them on Tuesday.
Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) SMM Akhter
Hamid Bhuiya filed the case with Motijheel Police Station against the accused on December 29 in 2006.
On January 6, 2013, the ACC submitted charge sheet against them. Shafiqul Islam was the investigation officer of the case while Advocate Kabir Hossain conducted the case on behalf of ACC.
