Former Grameen Bank Officer Mamun Jailed for Five Years for Embezzlement in Pabna, Two Others Acquitted
A special judge's court in Pabna has sentenced former Grameen Bank officer Syed Abdullah Al Mamun to five years in prison in an embezzlement case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The court also ordered him to return Tk 9,24,008 that was embezzled.
Judge Abu Saleh Md Salahuddin Khan of the Pabna Special Judge's Court delivered the verdict on Wednesday (28 October) at noon. ACC special lawyer Malay Kumar Das confirmed the information.
The convicted Syed Abdullah Al Mamun is a former senior centre manager of the Bhadraghat branch of Grameen Bank in Kamarkhandha upazila of Sirajganj. He is the son of Syed Abdul Khalek of Guagati village in Ullapara upazila of the same district.
Two other bank officers were acquitted in the case as the charges against them were not proved. The acquitted officers are Syed Nazrul Islam, a senior centre manager of the same branch, and Anwar Hossain, the branch manager.
The convicted officer Syed Abdullah Al Mamun was present in court when the verdict was announced. He was sent to jail after the verdict.
According to the case statement, Syed Abdullah Al Mamun, Syed Nazrul Islam and Anwar Hossain were alleged to have embezzled money in collusion with each other through forgery and by showing fake loan disbursement information while in office from August 2009 to April 2014. According to the allegation, money collected from customers was embezzled without being entered in the collection sheet and without being deposited in the bank.
Over the incident, Saidur Rahman, the then deputy assistant director of the ACC's integrated district office in Pabna, filed the case as plaintiff at Kamarkhandha police station in Sirajganj on 24 January 2019.
After the investigation, the investigating officer of the case, deputy assistant director Saidur Rahman, submitted the charge sheet to the court on 31 August 2021.
