Money laundering case against SK Sinha, brother, report on Aug 3

Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed August 3 for submission of a probe report in a case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar (SK) Sinha and his brother Ananta Kumar Sinha on the charge of owning a three-storied house in the USA bought through laundered money.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh of Dhaka passed the order as the investigation agency- Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) could not submit the report on Sunday.
The ACC on March 31 filed the case under sections 4 (2) and 4 (3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act and section 5 (2) of the Anti-Corruption Act.
According to the case documents, Ananta bought the house for his brother at a cost of about Taka 2.40 crore. As the ACC could not identify any legal source of the money paid for the home, it believes that the money was earned illegally or laundered from Bangladesh.