ACC submits charge sheet against SK Sinha, 10 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has pressed charges against former Chief Justice SK Sinha and 10 others in a case filed under Money Laundering Act.

ACC Director and also the investigation officer of the case Benjir Ahmed submitted the charge sheet to Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayes on Tuesday afternoon.

Sayeed Mahbub Khan, Director General (special investigation) of the ACC, confirmed the matter to Jago News. 

Earlier on December 4, the ACC approved the charges against the 11 people for their alleged involvement in withdrawing of Tk four crore from Farmers Bank.

On July 10, ACC Director Syed Iqbal Hossain filed the case with the anti-graft watchdog’s Integrated District Office-1.

The 10 other accused are former managing director of Farmers Bank KM Shamim, former senior executive vice president Gazi Salauddin, first vice presidents Swapon Kumar Ray and Shafiuddin Askary, former chairman of the bank’s audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty, vice president Md Lutful Haque, businessman Md Shahjahan, Niranjan Chandra Saha, Ranjit Chandra Saha and his wife Shanti Roy.

The name of senior vice-president and former branch manager Md Ziauddin Ahmed was not included in the charge sheet as the ACC probe didn’t find his involvement in the loan scam.

Sinha sent his resignation letter to Bangabhaban on November 10, 2017, from abroad. President Abdul Hamid accepted the resignation three days later. The former CJ is now staying in the US.