A Pabna court on Sunday rejected the bail petition of Imrul Kayes Sumon, member secretary of Ishwardi Paurashava BNP, and ordered him to be sent to prison in connection with a Tk2.23-crore embezzlement case involving Southeast Bank.
Judge Shahin Kabir of the Pabna Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-2 passed the order after hearing. Later, Sumon was transferred to Pabna District Jail.
According to court and police sources, Sumon is one of the primary accused in the case filed by Ishwardi branch of Southeast Bank over the alleged misappropriation of Tk2.23 crore.
According to case documents, Sumon went into hiding with his family after withdrawing a substantial sum of money against commercial Cash Credit (CC) facilities.
On 11 April 2019, Southeast Bank authorities filed the case against him at Ishwardi Police Station.
In June 2023, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a separate case against five bank officials on charges of facilitating the embezzlement of Tk1.77 crore.
The probe report established that overdraft and loan facilities had been granted to Sumon in direct violation of banking regulations and without collateral.
Sumon’s recent nomination as the member secretary of Ishwardi Paurashava BNP –despite facing trial for bank loan fraud and financial irregularities – had sparked criticism within local political circles.
