Dhaka:   A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced seven former officials of Oriental Bank to 10 years in jail in a case for transferring Tk 1,88,82,245 from the bank to a fake account.

After examining the evidences and all the four witnesses of the case, Judge of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-2 Hosne Ara Begum sentenced the seven officials to 10 years’ imprisonment.

The convicted officials are former senior vice president Shah Md Hasan, former senior assistant vice president Abul Kashem Mahmudullah, former vice president Fazlur Rahman, former executive officer Md Tariqul Alam, former senior executive vice president Mahmud Hossain, former executive vice president Quamrul Islam and former deputy general manager Enamul Haque.

The court gave the verdict in absence of the accused officials as they have been on the run since filing of the case in 2006. The court also fined them Tk 1,90,00,000.

According to the case statement, the seven officials opened a fake bank account against Mrs Tanvin Agency and drew off Tk 1,88,82,245 to the account from the Babubazar branch of Oriental Bank on 27 July 2005.

On 29 December 2006, deputy director of the Anti Corruption Commissioner (ACC) M Jahangir Alam filed a case in this connection.

ACC deputy director Sheikh Faiyaz Alam submitted charge sheet against the officials on 3 September 2013.

On 29 June 2014, the court framed the charges in the case.