The High Court yesterday sentenced SOM Kalim Ullah, a former managing director of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited, to four months in prison for contempt of court. He was also fined Tk 1 lakh, in default, to suffer imprisonment for another month. The former top official of BTCL was sent to Dhaka Central Jail hours after the HC single bench with Justice Md Rezaul Hasan passed the order
yesterday, said police. The court, however, acquitted BTCL director Shah Farid Uddin and IFIC bank official Helal Ahmed. The HC delivered the verdict after hearing a contempt-of-court petition filed by Oxinnel Services Private Ltd (OSPL), a telephone company, alleging the trio did not comply with a previous HC order. The HC order had asked them to refund OSPL Tk 72,000. Kalim Ullah would lose retirement benefits from his service following the verdict, Aneek R Haque, counsel for the telephone company, told this correspondent. Advertisement The convict retired from his job in February. The lawyer said due to business relationship, OSPL had deposited Tk 1.40 crore in IFIC bank in favour of BTCL. When OSPL asked BTCL and IFIC bank to return it Tk 72 lakh of the amount, the state-owned telecom company refused to do so, he added. Following a petition filed by OSPL, the HC on July 23 last year directed BTCL and IFIC bank to refund OSPL the money after keeping Tk 68 lakh owed by BTCL. On November 30 last year, BTCL issued a letter to the bank saying it had objection to give OSPL the money. OSPL filed the contempt-of-court petition later.
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