Another three witnesses testify
Three more prosecution witnesses yesterday 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 another accused Mahbubul Haque Chisty, former audit committee chairman of Farmers Bank Ltd, after his lawyer submitted a petition.
The witnesses are -- ACC assistant director Monirul Islam, Mrinal Majumder, assistant vice-president and manager (operation) of Gulshan Corporate Branch, Farmers Bank Ltd 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 hearing of the case.
In his statement, Monirul said, after receiving the FIR on July 10 last year, he recorded it with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka as a regular case.
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 about loan sanctioning of Tk 4 crore.
The court also set September 1 for the next hearing in the case. Earlier on August 18, ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain and also the case's complainant, gave his statement before the same court.
Seven accused including Chisty were present in the court yesterday.
On December 10 last year, the Anti-Corruption Commission pressed charges against the 11 persons. On August 13, the same court framed charges against SK Sinha and 10 others.
Justice Sinha resigned on November 11, 2017, from abroad. He is now in the US.
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