Dhaka: A court on Wednesday indicted 19 people, including Hallmark Group managing director Tanvir Mahmud and its chairman Jesmin Islam in three separate cases filed in connection with much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam, according to a UNB report.

Dhaka’s Special Judge Kamrul Hossain passed the order and fixed March 3 for staring the trial.

The court indicted Jesmin in a case filed for not submitting her wealth statement while Tanvir and 17 other accused in two separate cases filed for swindling Tk 137 crore and 264 crore from the bank.

It also fixed March 3 for hearing of charges in nine other cases in connection with the loan scam.

On October 7, 2013 the Anti-Corruption Commission issued charge-sheet against 27 people in 11 cases.

On October 4, 2012, the ACC filed 11cases against 27 people, including 20 officials of Sonali Bank, with the Ramna Police Station on charges of swindling Tk 1,568 crore from the Ruposhi Bangla branch of the state-owned bank, showing fake documents.

The seven accused of Hallmark Group in the cases are Tanvir and Jesmin and Tushar Ahmed, its sister concern Anwar Spinning Mills managing director Jahangir Alam, Century International Limited managing director Ziaur Rahman, Max Spinning Mills managing director Mir Zakaria and Apparel Enterprise managing director Shahidul Islam.