KHULNA, April 30, 2026 (BSS)- A court here today sentenced a cash officer of Agrani Bank to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over embezzlement of fund.

Divisional Special Judge Judge Ashraful Islam also fined the convict Syed Shion Saif of the bank’s Morelganj branch in Bagerhat district Taka 36, 79,350, in default to suffer three months simple imprisonment.

The court acquitted another accused of the case, former branch manager Safia Begum as she was no found guilty.

Convicted Saif was absconding at the time of the judgment.

According to the prosecution, the accused, in collusion with each other, embezzled Taka 36, 79,350 between December 8, 2011 and January 6, 2015, through fraud, forgery, manipulation and abuse of power.

The money was siphoned off by making fictitious deposits in loan accounts without vouchers through computer postings, using 21 cheques and two pay slips against 15 account numbers.

The case was filed on April 8, 2015, by the branch manager and senior principal officer of the branch with Morelganj Police.

Later, on July 20, 2017, Assistant Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission Abu Hashem Kazi submitted the charge sheet against the two accused while the court framed charge against them on September 29, 2025.