2 businessmen quizzed on 'unusual transaction' in ex-CJ's accounts

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is questioning two businessmen over “unusual transaction” in the accounts of former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

ACC Director Syed Iqbal Hossain has been questioning Mohammad Shahjahan and Niranjan Shaha at its Shegunbagicha office from 9:30am, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

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The duo is accused of taking Tk 4 crore loan from Farmer’s Bank after showing falsified papers and depositing the money to the bank account of a “person of national importance”.

Sources at the ACC told Prothom Alo that the “person of national importance” was former CJ Surendra Kumar Sinha.

However, no formal announcement was made by the ACC in this regard.