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SINHA-ACC-CASE
ACC sues SK Sinha, 10 others for money laundering
DHAKA, July 10, 2019 (BSS) – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed
a case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others on
charge of laundering Tk 4 crore.
ACC Director Syed Iqbal Hossain lodged the case against Sinha and 10 others
with the anti-graft watchdog’s Dhaka integrated district office-1 at
Segunbagicha, ACC secretary Md Dilwar Bakth told reporters at ACC’s
headquarters here today.
The other accused are -former managing director of Farmers Bank (now Padma
Bank) KM Shamim, former senior executive vice President Gazi Salauddin, first
vice-president Swapon Kumar Ray, senior vice-president and former branch
manager Md Ziauddin Ahmed, first vice-president Shafiuddin Askary, vice-
president Md Lutful Haque, businessman from Tangail Md Shahjahan, Niranjan
Chandra Saha, Ranjit Chandra Saha and his wife Shanti Ray.
Sinha sent his resignation letter to the Bangabhaban on November 10, 2017
from abroad. President Abdul Hamid accepted the resignation of Sinha on
November 13, 2017.
Currently, Sinha is staying in the United States.
In October 2018, ACC disclosed that the commission found ‘evidence’ of
fraud involving transactions of Tk 4 crore borrowed by two businessmen,
Shahjahan and Niranjan, from Farmers Bank.
Later, the ACC initiated an investigation over allegations. The
investigation found that the fund was deposited in bank account of Sinha.
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