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2 bankers 5-yr jailed for Tk 1.26-cr embezzlement in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Nov 9, 2020 (BSS)- A court here today convicted two senior bankers and sentenced them to five years jail each for misappropriating Taka 1.70 crore.
Divisional Special Judge Ismat Ara found the convicts guilty with corruptions and pronounced the verdict in their presence in the court.
The court also fined them Taka 70 lakh each. Another accused of the case Khandaker Mainul Islam, one of the prominent businessmen in Rajshahi city, killed himself as he failed to bear the load of his bank loan in 2015.
According to the court sources, the convicts are: former Senior Executive Vice President and Branch Manager of Jamuna Bank Limited Abrar Hossain Khan and its senior Executive Officer Mazharul Islam.
Rajshahi Integrated Office of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) had lodged the case on July 30, 2014. After completing investigation ACC Assistant Director Aminur Rahman pressed charges accusing the bankers on April 11, 2017.
The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused misappropriated the huge money through forgery of signature in collaboration with each other.
Public Prosecutor Shahidul Islam Khan conducted the case on behalf of the ACC.
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