Loan fraud, embezzlement: Charge framed against ex-CJ Sinha, 10 others

The Dhaka court has brought charges against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others in the case filed for alleged credit fraud and misappropriation of Tk 4 Crore by The Farmers Bank.

Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Dhaka Special Judges Court-4 presented the charges on Wednesday.

The court also issued arrest warrants against 8 of the defendants, as indicated by fugitives on the indictment list.

On 10 December last year, the Anti-Corruption Commission brought charges against 11 persons in connection with the case.

The other accused are former MD AKM Shamim, Senior Executive Vice-President and Head of Credit Division Gazi Salahuddin, First Vice-President of Credit Division Swapan Kumar Roy, First Vice-President Shafiuddin Askary, former chairman of the Bank's audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty and Vice-President Lutful Haque.

Tone Shahjahan of Tangail's Sreehoripur village, Ranjit Chandra Saha of the Jodunathpur village district, his wife Santri Roy and nephew Niranjan Chandra Saha were also charged.

Farmers Bank was later changed to Padma Bank.