Misappropriating Tk1.39cr
Woman gets 10 yrs' RI
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced the wife of a former official of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited to ten years' rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating Tk 1.39 crore of the bank.
Judge Mohammad Abdul Majid of the Special Court for Dhaka Division handed down the verdict in the presence of Shahanur Begum, wife of former vice-president of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Sirajul Islam.
The court also fined her Tk 60 lakh, in default of which she will have to suffer five years more in jail and ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate in favour of the state Tk 59 lakh which she deposited in different banks in her name.
Following the judgement, Shahanur broke down in tears. The court cancelled her bail and ordered sending her to jail with a conviction warrant.
The court acquitted Sirajul Islam of the charges as he died on November 23, 2004.
Earlier, prosecution and defence completed their arguments and the court recorded the statements of 17 prosecution witnesses.
According to the prosecution, Sirajul Islam, while he was a vice-president of the bank sometime between 1988 and 1998, opened a fake savings account at his own bank and transferred Tk 1,39,31,000 to the fake account from the bank on different dates.
Later, his wife Shahanur Begum withdrew 1,39,31,000 from her husband's account and deposited that amount of money into her account.
After an investigation into the matter, a manager of the Islami Bank filed a case against Sirajul and his wife Shahanur with Motijheel Police Station on April 2, 1998.
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