Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday interrogated five more officials of Janata Bank in connection with a Tk 250 crore loan scam.
Deputy Director of ACC Jahangir Alam started questioning them around 11 am and continued it till 4pm at the Commission head office, ACC sources said.
The Janata Bank officials, who faced interrogation as witnesses on Wednesday, are former Deputy Managing Directors of Janata Bank Ayat Ali and Nurul Amin, former General Managers
Sirajul Islam, Nur Mohammad and Monjurul Islam. Earlier on June 7, the Commission interrogated General Managers of Janata Bank Md Nazrul Islam and Md Nazim Uddin, Deputy General Manager Md Moniruzzaman and former General Managers Md Nuruzzaman and Daud Ahmed Shikder.
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 more than Tk 250 crore from the bank through opening letters of credit (LC) to a fake company.
The case was filed against Janata Bank General Manager M Manzurul Alam, its former Assistant General Manager Shamim Ahmed Khan, Senior Executive Officer of local office Mashiur Rahman, Assistant General Manager ASM Jahirul Islam and Dhaka Trading House owner M Tipu Sultan.
According to the first information report, five officials of the bank, including the four accused and former general manager M Aminul Islam, opened seven LCs against a fake company, Dhaka Trading House, for importing sugar and chickpeas during the period from November 2010 to April 2012.
But 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 submitting fake documents. As Aminul Islam died, his name has been dropped from the case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday interrogated five more officials of Janata Bank in connection with a Tk 250 crore loan scam.
Deputy Director of ACC Jahangir Alam started questioning them around 11 am and continued it till 4pm at the Commission head office, ACC sources said.
The Janata Bank officials, who faced interrogation as witnesses on Wednesday, are former Deputy Managing Directors of Janata Bank Ayat Ali and Nurul Amin, former General Managers
Sirajul Islam, Nur Mohammad and Monjurul Islam. Earlier on June 7, the Commission interrogated General Managers of Janata Bank Md Nazrul Islam and Md Nazim Uddin, Deputy General Manager Md Moniruzzaman and former General Managers Md Nuruzzaman and Daud Ahmed Shikder.
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 more than Tk 250 crore from the bank through opening letters of credit (LC) to a fake company.
The case was filed against Janata Bank General Manager M Manzurul Alam, its former Assistant General Manager Shamim Ahmed Khan, Senior Executive Officer of local office Mashiur Rahman, Assistant General Manager ASM Jahirul Islam and Dhaka Trading House owner M Tipu Sultan.
According to the first information report, five officials of the bank, including the four accused and former general manager M Aminul Islam, opened seven LCs against a fake company, Dhaka Trading House, for importing sugar and chickpeas during the period from November 2010 to April 2012.
But 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 submitting fake documents. As Aminul Islam died, his name has been dropped from the case.
