Graft case against Ex-CJ SK Sinha, probe report Jun 26

Justice S K Sinha

Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court of Dhaka on Wednesday fixed June 26 for submission of investigation report in a graft case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for amassing wealth illegally.

Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of the court passed the order yesterday as the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) could not submit probe report.

On October 10 of 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, the 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’ imprisonment in a case filed on the charge of laundering TK 4 crore. - Special Correspondent