bdnews24.com :More than 50 cheques have been stolen from a branch of the state-owned Sonali Bank in Dhaka.The bank’s Lalmatia branch has filed a complaint with Mohammadpur police over the incident.Sonali Bank, the largest state-owned bank, has been hit hard by robbery and loan scams in recent times.Lalmatia branch Manager Rejaul Karim Khan told police that the cheques were stolen from a drawer of the bank’s clearing section. Mohammadpur police OC Azizul Haq said they were investigating the incident.Sources say the cheques, submitted by various persons and institutions, amounted to over Tk 10 million. Manager Khan claimed, although his branch did not have the precise figure, the amount was not over Tk 3 million. “It cannot be a crore (10 million) in any means because the daily average transaction in my branch is between Tk 10-15 million,” he said.
