Another three witnesses testify

Three  more prosecution witnesses yesterday gave their statements before a  Dhaka court in connection with a Tk 4 crore money laundering case filed  against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others.

Meantime,  the court rejected a bail petition of another accused Mahbubul Haque  Chisty, former audit committee chairman of Farmers Bank Ltd, after his  lawyer submitted a petition.

The  witnesses are -- ACC assistant director Monirul Islam, Mrinal Majumder,  assistant vice-president and manager (operation) of Gulshan Corporate  Branch, Farmers Bank Ltd and its executive officer Rezaul Hassan.

After  recording their statements, Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Special  Judge Court-4 of Dhaka fixed September 1 for next hearing of the case.

In  his statement, Monirul said, after receiving the FIR on July 10 last year, he recorded it with its Integrated  District Office-1 of Dhaka as a regular case.

In  their statements, Mrinal and Rezaul, said ACC director Benajir Ahmed on  July 29 last year went to their Gulshan Corporate office and seized  documents about loan sanctioning of Tk 4 crore.

The court also set September 1 for the next hearing in the case. Earlier  on August 18, ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain and also the case's complainant, gave his statement before the same court.

Seven accused including Chisty were present in the court yesterday.

On December 10 last year, the Anti-Corruption Commission pressed charges against the 11 persons. On August 13, the same court framed charges against SK Sinha and 10 others.

Justice Sinha resigned on November 11, 2017, from abroad. He is now in the US.