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Hallmark loan scam charge framing order deferred to April 6

Nasim || risingbd.com

Published: 12:27, 18 March 2015   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Hallmark loan scam charge framing order deferred to April 6

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Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on framing charges against 13 accused in the five cases filed by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in Hallmark loan scam.

Justice Shahidul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 passed the deferment order and fixed April 6 for the hearing in reply to an appeal by defense lawyer of the accused seeking time.

A complaint was raised against the 13 accused for misappropriating some Tk. 10,22,85,201 through several orgnisations of Hallmark Group.

ACC submitted thousands of documents related to the case to the court.

Three accused got bail in the case. They are- Sonali Bank General Manager (GM) Mir Mahidur Rahman, Deputy General Manager (DGM) Shaikh Altaf Hussain and Safizuddin Ahmed.

The ten other accused are - Paragon group Managing Director (MD) Saiful Islam Raza, Sonali Bank General Manager (GM) Nani Gopal Nath (now OSD), former managing director Humayun Kabir, Deputy Managing Director (DMD) Mainul Haque AGM Kamrul Hossain Khan, AGM Ejaz Ahmed, AGM Saiful Hasan, Executive Officer Abdul Matin, Mukul Hossain, Paragon packaging director Abdul Al Mamun.  

Earlier, the Anti Corruption Commission filed 11 cases against 27 persons tied to Hall-Mark and its lender Sonali Bank on October 4 of 2012.

On September 2014, the corruption watchdog submitted charges sheet against the accused in 11 cases.

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