In one of the 11 cases of Sonali Bank's loan corruption of around Tk. 4000 crore, the court has sentenced 9 people including Managing Director Tanveer Mahmud and his wife Jasmine Islam, Chairman of the company, to life term imprisonment.
On Tuesday (March 19), the judge of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-1 of Abul Kashem gave this verdict. In this verdict, the court sentenced 9 people to life imprisonment as well as 7 people to 10 years.
Apart from Tanveer and his wife, the accused that are in jail in the case include Hallmark General Manager Tushar Ahmed, Sonali Bank's former GM Mir Mohidur Rahman, Deputy General Manager (DGM) Md. Safizuddin Ahmed, DMD Mainul Haque, AGM. Kamrul Hossain Khan and MD of Nakshi Net Abdul Malek.
Paragon Group MD Saiful Islam Raja, Sonali Bank Head Office GM Nony Gopal Nath, Head Office Former Managing Director Humayun Kabir, Assistant Deputy General Manager Md. Saiful Hasan, Executive Officer Abdul Matin, owner of Max Spinning Mills Mir Zakaria, director of T & Brothers Taslim Hasan and senior executive officer of Sonali Bank Dhanmondi branch Meherunnessa Mary.
Besides, the former chairman of Tentuljhora Union Parishad of Hemayetpur of Savar Jamaluddin Sarkar is on bail.
Earlier, on January 28 of this year, the Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 Abul Kashem fixed February 28 as the date for pronouncing the verdict after presenting the arguments of the state and the accused. But on that day, ACC lawyer Mir Ahmed Salam applied for taking the testimony of two Magistrates after removing the case from the judgment, and the court granted it.
The court then fixed March 4 for hearing the case. On March 4, two Metropolitan Magistrates of Dhaka Saifur Rahman and Keshab Roy Chowdhury, testified in court. After their testimony on this day, March 12 was fixed for presentation of arguments. After presenting the arguments of the state and the accused on March 12, the judge set March 19 as the date for delivering the verdict.
According to the sources of the case, the documents show that yarn worth Tk. 525 crore 62 lakh 92 thousand 800 was exported in the name of yarn export as fake Max Spinning Mills. As such, when the entire amount was deposited, Tk. 16.50 crore were transferred to Hallmark's other fake company Apparel Enterprise, which was later withdrawn by Tanveer and his wife Jasmine Islam.
On October 4, 2012, the ACC filed a case against the accused in Ramna police station of the capital on charges of fraud, forgery, money embezzlement, abuse of power in collusion with each other and misuse of money and smuggling. On March 27, 2016, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamrul Hossain Molla framed the case and ordered transfer to Dhaka Special Judge Court-1.