<span style="background-color: transparent;">A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against the former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice S.K. Sinha and ten others in a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).The court has fixed August 18 </span>for starting the <span style="background-color: transparent;"> trial in the case.<br />''Out of the 11 accused, three were present in the court during the hearing on Thursday while eight others including former Chief Justice S.K. Sinha are absconding.<br />''<br />''The ACC had filed the case against Justice Sinha and others in July last year for a fraudulent loan transaction and money laundering of 4 crore Taka from Farmers Bank in 2016. It had filed the chargesheet in a Dhaka court in December last year which was transferred to the court of a special judge in February this year.<br />''<br />''Justice Sinha was appointed as Chief Justice of Bangladesh in 2015. He had resigned amid controversy about a judgement of the Supreme Court which struck down the law giving power to parliament to remove justices of the Supreme Court. <br />''<br />''Three months before his retirement, he had left for Australia in October 2017 and subsequently sent in his resignation from abroad. <br />''In his autobiography Justice S.K. Sinha claimed that he stepped down as Chief Justice due to intimidation and threats. The allegations have been denied by the government.<br />''<br />''He is currently in the US. Earlier he had sought political asylum in Canada. <br />''</span><br />''<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Justice S.K. Sinha was the first minority Chief Justice of Bangladesh belonging to the Hindu community.  </span><br />