2 postal deptt employees get 10 years

A special court yesterday sentenced two postal department employees to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating allowances of other employees of the department.
Judge Sirajul Islam of Special Court-7, set up on the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises, handed down the verdict to Krishna Kumar Dasgupta, an accountant, and Abul Kalam, cashier of the department.
The court also fined them Tk 2 lakh each. If they fail to pay, they would have to serve one more year in jail.
Krishna Kumar and Abul Kalam were both tried in absentia. But Krishna Kumar suddenly appeared in the court yesterday to know the fate of the case. He was then arrested and sent to jail.
According to the prosecution, the convicts misappropriated Tk 1.53 lakh in allowances of employees through submitting fake vouchers.