Tk 152cr loan scam: ACC grills four BKB officials

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Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday grilled four senior Krishi Bank officials for Tk 152 crore loan scam of the bank.
The four officials are: former general manager Masud Ahmed Khan, deputy general managers Golam Sarwar and Hafizuddin, and incumbent chief regional manager Zubayer Manju of Cox’s Bazar.
However, Mukter Hossain, former managing director of the bank, who was scheduled to appear, did not appear before the ACC at Segunbagicha in Dhaka yesterday.
ACC Deputy Director Zulfikar Ali, who conducted the interrogation, said the businessman, Wahidur remained absconding.
The scam took place in 2010. The officials concealed information of CIB (Credit Information Bureau) report while sanctioning the loan to Wahidur Rahman, a restaurant businessman at Dilu Road in the capital’s Moghbazar.
While availing the loan, Wahidur showed a piece of land as mortgage to the bank’s Banani branch. However, the land
was earlier mortgaged to another bank for receiving loan.
The bankers in collusion with the businessman hid the information while sanctioning and disbursing the loan of Tk 152 crore.
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