Former bank official gets 10 years' jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a former official of Social Islami Bank Ltd to 10 years' imprisonment in a case filed in 2011 over misappropriating Tk 2.33 lakh.
Judge Md Shahidul Islam of the Special Judge Court-7 of Dhaka handed down the sentence in absence of the accused Zakia Sultana, a former senior officer of the bank's principal branch.
The court also imposed a fine of Tk 5,000, in default of which she will have to serve additional three months in jail.
According to the case, Zakia, during her job, allegedly transferred the money to her own and family members' accounts from 47 depositors.
The Anti-Corruption Commission's Assistant Director SMM Akhter Hamid Bhuiyan filed a case with Motijheel Police Station accusing her of misappropriation of the funds in 2011.
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