Sylhet bank official gets 9 years' RI
Still 'missing' with Tk 66 lakh
A court here yesterday sentenced a female bank official to 9 years' rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating Tk 66.1 lakh bank money.
The court also acquitted the then manager of the branch Md. Rahat Ahmed and the bank's executive officer ZahidulAlam of charges.
Convict Meher Akhtar Arzu, then senior executive officer at the Sylhet branch of Jamuna Bank went into hiding immediately after the incident was revealed. She was later dismissed by the bank authorities.
The prosecution of the case in brief is that Tk 66,10,000 was withdrawn illegally through 26 cheques of 7 savings accounts in the bank during the period from 2 July to 16 July 2006.
Deputy Director of ACC, Sylhet regional office Md Nasir Uddin filed a case with the Sylhet Kotwali police station against three bank officials including the manager.
On investigation, ACC assistant director Kumar Majumder submitted charge sheet against the accused.
Divisional Special Judge of Sylhet Md Golam Hossain framed charges against the accused and recorded deposition of 19 prosecution witnesses out of 22 during the trial of the case.
The judge sentenced the female official to 5 years RI and fined her Tk 10,000, in default, to suffer 6 months simple imprisonment under Section 409 of BPC.
In addition, he awarded her 2 years RI and fined Tk 5,000, in default, to suffer 3 months simple imprisonment under Section 467.
In another count, the judge sentenced her to 2 years RI and fined her Tk 5,000, in default, to suffer 3 months simple imprisonment under Section 468.
However, all the sentences would run concurrently, the court observed.
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