SC judge's staff makes away with Tk 70 lakh

The personal officer (PO) of Justice M Joynul Abedin of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday fled away with around Tk 70 lakh of the judge and his wife from a bank through forging their signatures.
According to police, the PO took away around Tk 28.90 lakh from the account of the judge and around Tk 40 lakh from his wife's account at the SC branch of Sonali Bank.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Syed Nurul Islam told The Daily Star that the judge filed a case with Shahbagh Police Station in this connection last night.
Talking to this reporter late last night over phone, Justice Joynul said: "My PO Lokman Hossain might have drawn the money forging our signatures."
"We sent one of my men to draw money from the bank today (Sunday). But he found that there was no money in our accounts," he said, adding: "Lokman had been working as my PO for the last two years and he went into hiding after the incident."
Shahbagh police said Lokman hailed from Deokhali village in Patuakhali Sadar upazila.