<span id="m_360474789436364286gmail-docs-internal-guid-a6c83e30-7fff-c3d5-06f4-9925f0f55da9" style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced the former Bangladesh Chief Justice  Surendra Kumar Sinha to eleven years imprisonment in a case involving embezzlement of Taka 4 crore from a bank and money laundering abroad. He was given a sentence of 7 years and a fine of Taka 45 lakh on the charges of money laundering and four years jail term for embezzlement of money, reports the official news agency BSS.<br />''<br />''The court ordered the seizure of Taka 78 lakh of Justice Sinha under state exchequer. <br />''<br />''The court also sentenced the former Managing Director of the then Farmer's Bank AKM Shameem to 4 years imprisonment with a fine of Taka 50 thousand. Four other senior officers of the bank were also found guilty by the court.<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 judges 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.</span><br />''</span><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 />