Time Digital Report: A Dhaka court today fixed October 30 to deliver the judgment against four accused, including Farmers Bank's former audit committee chairman Mahbubul Haque Chisty alias Babul Chisty, in a case filed over laundering Tk 160 crore from the bank.
The three other accused are Babul Chisty's wife Ruzi Chisty, son Rashedul Haque Chisty, and Farmers Bank's former first vice-president Masudur Rahman Khan.
Of them, Babul Chisty and Rashedul Chisty are now in jail while Masudur Rahman and Ruzi Chisty are on bail in the case.
After closing arguments, Judge Syed Arafat Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-4 of Dhaka set the date.
During today's closing arguments, the defence lawyers told the court that the prosecution has failed to prove the charges brought against their clients and sought their acquittal from the charges of the case.
The prosecution had earlier completed arguments and sought highest punishment (14 years) for four accused in the case.
Earlier, the court recorded statements of 15 prosecution witnesses, including the complainant of the case.
The court framed charges against Babul Chisty and three others on October 30 of 2019.
On April 10 of 2019, ACC Deputy Director Shamsul Alam, also investigation officer of the case, submitted a charge sheet against the four accused in the case.
The IO dropped names of former senior vice-president Zia Uddin Ahmed and former manager and SVP of Gulshan corporate branch of Farmers Bank Ltd Delowar Hossain, as they died earlier.
On April 10 of 2018, the ACC filed the case against six people, including Babul Chisty, with Gulshan Police Station on charges of money laundering amounting to Tk160 crore.
