ACC files case against SK Sinha, 10 others

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others on charge of money embezzlement.

ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain as plaintiff filed the case with the commission's district office, Dhaka-1 on Wednesday.

The other accused in the case are- Farmers Bank (Now Padma Bank) former MD AKM Shameem, former SEVP Gazi Salahuddin, First vice president Shapon Kumar Roy, Senior vice president Md Ziauddin Ahmed, First vice president Safiuddin Askari, Vice president Md Lutful Haque, Md Shahjahan of Tangail, Niranjan Chandra Saha, Ranjit Chandra Saha and his wife Santri Roy.

The watchdog found ‘evidence’ of fraud involving transactions of Tk 4 crore from Farmers Bank.

risingbd/Dhaka/July 10, 2019/M A Rahman/Nasim