A Khulna court has sentenced seven people, including six former and serving officials of Sonali Bank, to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment each in a case filed over the embezzlement of money.
The court also fined the convicts Tk92.63 crore. In default of payment, each of them will have to serve an additional two years in prison.
Divisional Special Judge Mohammad Adib Ali pronounced the verdict on Wednesday. Five of the seven convicts were present in the courtroom when the judgment was delivered, while two were absconding.
Court bench assistant Md Yasin Ali said the convicts are Sanjit Kumar Das, proprietor of Messrs Eastern Trades on DC Road in Daulatpur, Md Matiar Rahman, former warehouse keeper of Sonali Bank’s Daulatpur Corporate Branch, Md Nazrul Islam, former assistant general manager of the branch, Manik Chandra Mondal, former assistant general manager, Md Ruhul Amin, former senior principal officer, Md Sirajul Islam, former principal officer and Ajit Kumar Sarker, former officer.
Sanjit Kumar Das and Manik Chandra Mondal are absconding, according to the court.
The court handed down the sentences after finding the seven guilty in the case involving the embezzlement of funds through the Sonali Bank branch.
