ACC arrests 3 bank officials in graft cases

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Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday arrested three bank officials from the city in two separate graft cases.
Deputy Director of the ACC Jahangir Alam arrested Humayun Kabir,
General Manager of ICB Islami Bank Limited, and Ashfaqul Hakim, former executive officer of the bank, in a case filed for loan scam, Public Relations Officer of the Commission Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told.
On March 1, 2007, a case was filed against the bank officials and others for allegedly swindling out Tk 1.84 crore from Karwan Bazar Branch of the then Oriental Bank Limited (now ICB Islami Bank Limited).
Besides, an ACC team led by its Assistant Director of Dhaka Zilla Office-1 Monirul Haque arrested Md Mozahar Ali, former Manager of Janata Bank’s Uttar Khan Branch from the capital’s Moghbazar area in another corruption case filed against him in 2008.
According to the first information report, Mozahar Ali withdrew Tk 5.59 lakh from the bank through transferring money illegally to an account of the branch.
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