Ex-Sonali Bank AGM among 3 get life term

UNB, Dhaka :Three people, including an assistant general manager of Sonali Bank, were sentenced to life term imprisonment in Tk 2.22 crore loan scam case.The convicts were identified as assistant general manager of Ruposhi Bangla Hotel (then Sheraton hotel) branch of Sonali Bank M Saiful Hasan, managing director of Paragon Knit Composite Ltd Saiful Islam and its director Abdullah Al Mamun. They are now on the run. Judge of Dhaka Special Judges court-5 Akhtaruzzaman passedthe order after examining witnesses and documents of the case.According to the prosecution, the accused, in conveyance with each other, misappropriated Tk 2, 22, 78,000 from Ruposhi Bangla Hotel (then Sheraton) branch of the Sonali Bank by opening a fake company in 2013.Later, assistant director of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) M Nazmus Sadat filed a case against four people, including the trio, with Ramna Police Station on May 28, 2013. ACC deputy assistant director M Joynal Abedin, also the investigation officer of the case, then submitted a chargesheet against the four accused to the court.