DHAKA, Oct 17, 2023 (BSS) - A Dhaka court today sentenced M Naimul Islam,
former Principal Officer of Sonali Bank, and three others to different jail
terms in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on charges of
embezzlement.

Naimul was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment altogether in two separate
cases of fraudulency and embezzlement. In the two cases, he was also fined
Taka 50,000 and 81 lakh respectively.

The other three accused in the case-- Sonali Bank Accountant Rafiqul Islam,
M. Al-Amin and Mosammat Lipi Begum-- were sentenced to five years of
imprisonment, each, with a fine of Taka 81 lakh, each.

Judge M Iqbal Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 handed down the verdict
this morning.

According to the case document, from December 26, 2017 to June 21, 2018, the
accused fraudulently embezzled around Taka 1.20 crore by transferring money
without depositing it, in connivance with each other.

M. Moniruzzaman, deputy general manager of Sonali Bank, filed the case with
Motijheel Police Station on June 23, 2018.

On February 19, 2020, ACC Deputy Assistant Director M. Abul Kalam Azad filed
chargesheet against the four.

On March 8, 2022 the trial began.