Pabna, Oct 29 (V7N) – A former senior official of Grameen Bank has been sentenced to five years in prison in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over the embezzlement of Tk 9 lakh 24 thousand 8.

The court also ordered him to repay the embezzled amount. Two other bank officials accused in the case were acquitted after the court found that the charges against them had not been proven.

Pabna Special Judge Court Judge Abu Saleh Md Salahuddin Khan delivered the verdict on Wednesday afternoon, October 28.

Advocate Maloy Kumar Das, special public prosecutor for the ACC, confirmed the verdict.

The convicted official was identified as Syed Abdullah Al Mamun, a former senior centre manager at Grameen Bank’s Bhadra Ghat Branch in Kamarkhanda upazila of Sirajganj. He is the son of Syed Abdul Khaleque of Guaganti village in Ullapara upazila of the same district.

The two acquitted officials were identified as Syed Nazrul Islam, a former senior centre manager at the same branch, and Anwar Hossain, the branch manager.

Mamun was present in court when the verdict was announced. He was subsequently sent to jail to serve his sentence.

According to the case documents, Mamun and Nazrul Islam served as senior centre managers, while Anwar Hossain was the branch manager at Grameen Bank’s Bhadra Ghat Branch in Kamarkhanda, Sirajganj.

The allegations relate to the period from August 2009 to April 2014, when the three officials were accused of acting in collusion to embezzle money through fraudulent transactions and the recording of fictitious loan disbursements.

The complaint alleged that money collected from customers was not entered in the collection sheets or deposited with the bank, but was instead misappropriated.

On January 24, 2019, Saidur Rahman, then an assistant director of the ACC’s integrated district office in Pabna, filed the case with Kamarkhanda Police Station in Sirajganj.

After completing the investigation, Rahman submitted the charge sheet to the court on August 31, 2021.

Following lengthy hearings, the examination of witnesses and a review of the evidence presented, the court delivered its verdict on Wednesday.

Advocate Saidul Islam Chowdhury represented the accused, while Advocate Maloy Kumar Das conducted the prosecution on behalf of the ACC.

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