Rupali Bank officer sent to jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent a former manager (dismissed) of Rupali Bank Limited to jail rejecting his bail prayer in a money embezzlement case.
Judge Mohammad Zohurul Haque of Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after former manager of Rupali Bank Matiar Rahman along with his lawyers appeared before the court and sought bail.
An official of the now defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption filed the case with Kotwali Police Station against Matiar, Shajahan Sarder, proprietor of M/S Rita Corporation Limited, and his wife Rawshan Jahan on August 29 in 2002 for misappropriating Tk 1,20,87,850 from the bank's Sadarghat branch.
During investigation of the case, the name of Shahjahan was dropped from the charge sheet as he died and the name of his wife was also dropped, as her involvement with the embezzlement was not found.
The Anti-Corruption Commission submitted the charge sheet against Matiar to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka on August 29 this year.
The investigation officer (IO) appealed to the court to issue an arrest warrant against Matiar and an order to attach his properties as he has been absconding since the case was filed.
The IO also prayed for relieving Rawshan from the charge brought against her in the first information report of the case.
According to the prosecution, Matiar in connivance with others embezzled the amount from the branch on different dates through making forged documents in the name of sanctioning loan to Rita Corporation Limited in between 2001 to 2002.
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