ACC grills 5 Janata Bank officials
UNB
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday interrogated five senior officials of Janata Bank in connection with a Tk 250 crore loan scam, reports UNB.
ACC deputy director Jahangir Alam started questioning them at about 11 am and continued it till 4 pm at the Commission head office, according to ACC sources.
The Janata Bank officials, who faced interrogation as witnesses, are former deputy general managers of the bank Ayat Ali and Md Nurul Alin, and former general mangers Md Serajul Islam, Nur Mohammad and Md Manzurul Islam.
On Tuesday, five more senior officials of Janata Bank were also interrogated in connection with the loan scam.
On February 18, 2016, the ACC filed a case against four bank officials, including a general manager of Janata Bank Limited, and another for allegedly swindling out over Tk 250 crore from the bank through opening letters of credit (LCs) to a fake company.
The case was filed against Janata Bank general manger M Manzurul Alam, its former assistant general manger Shamim Ahmed Khan, senior executive officer of local office Mashiur Rahman, assistant general manger ASM Zahirul Islam and owner of M/s Dhaka Trading House M Tipu Sultan.
According to the first information report (FIR), five officials of the bank, including the four accused and former general manager Md Aminul Islam, opened seven LCs against a fake company, M/s Dhaka Trading House, for importing sugar and chickpeas during November 2010 to April 2012.
But, M/s Dhaka Trading House did not import any goods. And all the five bank officials along with the accused Tipu Sultan embezzled over Tk 250 crore released from the bank against the LCs. As Aminul Islam died, his name has been dropped from the case.
The case was filed under the Corruption Prevention Act 1947 and section 809/109 of the Penal Code 1860.
