A Dhaka court has sentenced nine persons including six former Sonali Bank (SB) officials to seven years' imprisonment for embezzling over Tk4.97 million from Dhaka University fund.
Earlier in 2010, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had filed a case for embezzling Tk4.97 million from Dhaka University fund through fake bills and bank cheque forgery.
Prodip Kumar Roy of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-7 handed down the punishment in the corruption case on Tuesday.
The court also imposed a fine of Tk4.97 million on each of them, but acquitted four others for lack of evidence.
Public Prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam told the FE that each convict will have to pay Tk4.97 in fine to the state exchequer.
The convicts are Safiul Alam, from Mymensingh, Md Zakaria Hossain, former AGM/Manager, Sonali Bank, Dhaka University Branch, Md Abdur Razzak, ex-Sonali Bank official, Md Abdus Samad, ex-Sonali Bank official, KASM. Faizullah, ex-senior principal officer of the bank, Begum Malika Khurshid Banu, ex-Sonali Bank official, Md Jamal Uddin Biswas, former staff member of the bank, Arun Chandra Karmakar, Cash Branch, University of Dhaka, Md Fahim Hossain Khan, staff member, Department of Engineering (Electrical Section of the university.
During the pronouncement of the judgment, eleven of them appeared before the court.
Safiul Alam remained fugitive from the beginning of the case while Begum Malika Khurshid Banu did not appear before the court due to illness.
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