DHAKA, April 7, 2025 (BSS) - A Dhaka court here today convicted and sentenced 11 individuals to different terms of jail in a case lodged over embezzlement of Sonali Bank money through loan forgery.

Judge Md Zakaria Hossain of Dhaka Special Sessions Judge Court-6 pronounced the verdict this noon.

The court sentenced former Sonali Bank managing director (MD) Humayun Kabir, deputy managing director (DMD) Mainul Haque, general managers (GMs) Nani Gopal Nath and Mir Mahidur Rahman, assistant general managers (AGMs) Saiful Hasan and Qamrul Hossain Khan, and deputy general manager (DGM) Safij Uddin Ahmed to three years rigorous imprisonment, along with a fine of Taka 10,000 for each defendant.

Additionally, Tajul Islam, chairman of Khan Jahan Ali Sweaters Limited, its managing director A. Jalil Sheikh and directors Rafikul Islam and Mir Mohammad Shawkat Ali were sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined Taka 1.14 crore each. 

The court also sentenced them to seven years jail and fined them Taka one lakh each on charge of forgery. The two sentences of jail for these individuals will run consecutively.