A Dhaka court today (April 24) set June 26 for submitting investigation report in a corruption case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for amassing wealth illegally.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain passed the order as today Anti-Corruption Commission failed to submit probe report.

On October 10, 2021, ACC Deputy Director Md Gulshan Anowar filed the case against SK Sinha with the ACC's integrated Dhaka District Office-1 for allegedly amassing Tk 7.14 crore in his brother's and relative's names by misusing power.

According to the case statement, former chief justice SK Sinha during his tenure took a plot from Rajuk in Uttara residential area and by misusing power, he took another three-katha plot in his brother's name in the Rajuk Purbachal Project.

He later elevated the three-katha plot to a five-katha, shifted the plot from Purbachal to Uttara sector-4 and gave the power of attorney to one of his relatives.

The ACC, in its investigation, found that the former chief justice paid Tk 75 lakh to Rajuk against the plot and built a nine-floor apartment complex on it at a cost of Tk 6.31 crore.

On November 9, 2021, SK Sinha was sentenced to 11 years in prison in a case filed on charge of laundering Tk 4 crore.

BDST: 1942 HRS, April 24, 2024
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