A Dhaka court has asked the authorities concerned to put an advertisement in two newspapers asking former chief justice SK Sinha to appear in court on February 20.
Mr Sinha and 10 others were sued by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for misappropriating and laundering an estimated Tk 40 million from the then Farmers Bank.
KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order on Wednesday after getting reports on execution of arrest warrant issued earlier in the case.
Earlier on January 05, the same court issued warrant for the arrest of Mr Sinha and others after taking a charge sheet submitted against them into cognizance.
It also ordered the law-enforcers to submit a progress report in the court on January 22, including information whether the accused were arrested or not.
In their report, the police said they could not arrest the accused. After hearing, the court ordered to put an ad in newspapers.
At the same time, the court fixed February 20 for further hearing in the case filed on July 10, 2019.
The ACC on December 04 approved charges against the individuals and handed it to the court on December 09.
The accused include ex-Farmers bankers AKM Shamim, Gazi Salahuddin, Swapan Kumar Roy, Mahbubul Haque Chisty, Shafiuddin Askary and Lutful Haque.
Others are Shahjahan of Tangail's Sreehoripur village, Ranjit Chandra Saha of the district's Jodunathpur village, his wife Santri Roy and nephew Niranjan Chandra Saha.
According to the case statement, Mr Shahjahan and Mr Niranjan opened two separate current accounts with Farmers Bank's Gulshan branch on November 06, 2016.
The next day, each of them applied for Tk 20 million in loans from the bank.
The duo used the same residential address in Uttara in their bank documents.
The ACC, during investigation, found that the house is owned by Mr Sinha, the statement said.
Mr Shahjahan and Mr Ranjit are known to be well acquainted with Mr Sinha, it added.
ACC said in the case statement that Mr Shamim approved the loans without following due procedure.
Two separate pay orders for Tk 40 million were issued under Mr Sinha on November 08, 2016, after approving the loans the previous day.
Later, those pay orders were deposited on November 09 in the account of Mr Sinha in Sonali Bank's Supreme Court branch.
He used to withdraw money from the account at different times through unusual cash and check or pay order.
Of the accused, only Mr Chisty is in jail in another case. An arrest warrant was also issued against him as per rule.
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