The verdict in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against 11 people, including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar (SK) Sinha, for embezzlement, will be announced on Thursday.
Earlier on September 14, the hearing of the arguments of both the parties in the same court ended. The court then fixed October 5 for the verdict. But the judge postponed the verdict of the case till today as he was on leave due to family reasons.
According to the complaint, the two accused in the case, the alleged businessman Shahjahan and Niranjan, got a loan of Tk. 4 crore from an account at the Gulshan branch of Farmers Bank. Santri Roy, wife of another accused Ranjit Chandra, was mentioned as the collateral for the loan, which was 32 per cent of Savar's land. Later, the loan money was turned over to Ranjit and turned into his bank, showing it as money for the sale of Justice SK Sinha's house. After sending his resignation from abroad in 2017, a complaint came to the ACC in this regard. The organization later initiated an investigation.
The ACC filed the case on July 10, 2019. The case alleges that the former Farmers Bank (now Padma Bank) borrowed Tk. 4 crore in the name of others with fake information and later transferred it to SK Sinha's bank account.
Among the accused in the case, Babul Chishti is in jail. Besides, former MD of Farmers Bank AKM Shamim, First Vice President Swapan Kumar Roy, Vice President Md. Lutful Haque, former SEVP Gazi Salahuddin, Tangail resident. Shahjahan and Niranjan Chandra Saha, a resident of the same area, are out on bail.
Former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, First Vice President of Farmers Bank Safiuddin Askari, Ranjit Chandra Saha and his wife Santri Roy are absconding in the case.