Dhaka Bank official sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for embezzling vault money

A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced Md Rifatul Haque, 33, cash-in-charge (senior officer) of Dhaka Bank Limited’s Bangshal branch, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for embezzling around Tk3.77 crore from the bank’s vault.

Judge Mohammad Ibrahim Mia of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-6 delivered the verdict and ordered that the convict be sent to jail with a warrant of sentence.

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According to the verdict, the court sentenced the accused to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for criminal breach of trust, five years for cheating and another five years for criminal misconduct.

Alongside the prison terms, the court ordered him to pay a fine of Tk3,77,66,000, equivalent to the embezzled amount, along with an additional fine of Tk4 lakh for the offences, according to the verdict.

The court, however, acquitted the bank’s then operation manager, Emran Ahmed, as the allegations against him were not proven.

According to the case documents, during an audit at Dhaka Bank’s Bangshal branch in June 2021, a team from the bank’s head office found a cash shortage of Tk3.77 crore in the branch’s vault.

Later, Rifatul Haque admitted to embezzling the money at different times between 20 June 2020 and 16 June 2021, the case documents said.

A case was filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act on 19 June 2021, with the approval of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), over the allegations.

Later, the ACC submitted a charge sheet against the two accused on 20 September 2022, and the court framed charges against them on 22 May 2023. During the proceedings, the court recorded testimony from a total of 16 witnesses.