CHATTOGRAM, Oct 20, 2025 (BSS) - A Chattogram court has sentenced NGO 
official Syed Hasanuzzaman Loton to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in two 
separate cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for embezzling 
government funds meant for landless people in Fatikchhari upazila of the 
district.

Judge Md Mizanur Rahman of the Chattogram Divisional Special Judge's Court 
delivered the verdict today.

Loton, Secretary General of the NGO "Rehabilitation and Development 
Organization for Landless (Radon)", based on Mohammadpur Iqbal Road in Dhaka, 
was found guilty of misappropriating Taka 2,23,170 from Taka12 lakh allocated 
under a Land Ministry project for distributing loans to landless families in 
10 model villages of Chattogram district.

He is the son of late Syed MN Huda of Shimultali Road, Akurtakur Para, under 
Sadar Police Station in Tangail district.

According to case records, ACC Assistant Inspector Chowdhury MN Alam filed 
two cases against Loton with Fatikchhari Police Station on May 18, 2023. 
After investigation, the ACC submitted charge sheets to the court.

ACC lawyer Advocate Md Rezaul Karim Roni said the court found Loton guilty of 
embezzling Taka 79,170 in one case and sentenced him to five years' rigorous 
imprisonment under Section 409 of the Penal Code, along with a fine of Taka 
79,170.

In another case, ACC lawyer Advocate Mohammad Kabir Hossain said Loton was 
found guilty of embezzling Taka 1,44,000 and was handed another five years of 
rigorous imprisonment and fined the same amount.

Loton was absent during the verdict and has been declared a fugitive. The 
court also issued an arrest warrant against him.

Earlier, on September 21, 2023, the same court sentenced Loton to four years' 
imprisonment in a separate ACC case involving misappropriation of government 
loan funds allocated for landless people in Fatikchhari.