Court sentences 11 persons including former Sonali Bank MD

A Dhaka Court has sentenced 11 people including former Managing Director of the state-owned Sonali Bank in a case filed on charge of embezzling.

Dhaka Special Session Judge Court-6 Justice Md. Jakaria Hossain passed the order on Monday (April 7).

The convicts are – the bank’s former MD Humayun Kabir, DAD Mainul Haque, GM Nani Gopal Nath, and Mir Mahidur Rahman, AGM Saiful Hasan and Kamrul Hossain Khan, DGM Safiz Uddin Ahmed, Khan Jahan Ali Sweater Ltd Chairman Tajul Islam, Managing Director Abdul Jalil Sheikh, Director Rafiqul Islam and Mir Mohammad Shawkat Ali.

Of the convicts, seven were sentenced for three years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk10,000, in default to serve six more months in jail.

Besides, four others have been sentenced to three years in rigorous imprisonment. The court also fined them Tk 1,14,75,668.