Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of the Special Judge's Court-4 was scheduled to deliver the verdict on the corruption case on Tuesday. Ali Hossain, the acting judge of the court, set Oct 21 to deliver the verdict as Judge Alam was on leave. Alam set Oct 5 for delivering the judgement after closing arguments in the case on Sep 14. ACC Director Syed Iqbal Hossain initiated the case against the 11 suspects at a Dhaka office of the commission in 2019. The other accused are – KM Shamim, former managing director of Farmers Bank, renamed Padma Bank, its former senior executive vice president Gazi Salauddin, first vice president Swapon Kumar Ray, senior vice president Md Ziauddin Ahmed, first vice president Shafiuddin Askary, vice president Md Lutful Haque, Tangail residents Md Shahjahan, Niranjan Chandra Saha, Ranajit Chandra Saha and his wife Shanti Ray.

Source: bd News24 October 05, 2021 07:37 UTC