Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated Managing Director of Partex Group Shawkat Aziz on charge of allegedly plundering Tk 150 crore from the Sonali Bank in 2011.
ACC Senior Deputy Director Mir Mohammad Joynal Abedin Shibli questioned him in the Commission head office.
The complaint, taken into cognizance by the ACC against the Partex Sugar Mills, a sister concern of the group, states that the company opened two Letters of Credit (LCs) amounting to Tk 150 crore with the bank’s Bangabandhu Avenue Corporate Branch in 2011 against mortgage of Tk 42 lakh. The bill of exchange was supposed to be retired in 180 days.
But the company, importing 30,000 tonnes of sugar, sold it in the open market. As a result, the bank money remained unpaid.
The Commission so far collected statements from about 20 officials and employees of the bank, including its the then Chairman Kazi Baharul Islam, in this regard.
ACC found the evidence that some officials were involved with opening the LCs, ignoring rules and regulations.
The Commission on September 1 sent notices to Partex Group Chairman M A Hashem and his two sons Shawkat Aziz and Rubel Aziz, Managing Director and director respectively, asking them to appear in the commission head office.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated Managing Director of Partex Group Shawkat Aziz on charge of allegedly plundering Tk 150 crore from the Sonali Bank in 2011.
ACC Senior Deputy Director Mir Mohammad Joynal Abedin Shibli questioned him in the Commission head office.
The complaint, taken into cognizance by the ACC against the Partex Sugar Mills, a sister concern of the group, states that the company opened two Letters of Credit (LCs) amounting to Tk 150 crore with the bank’s Bangabandhu Avenue Corporate Branch in 2011 against mortgage of Tk 42 lakh. The bill of exchange was supposed to be retired in 180 days.
But the company, importing 30,000 tonnes of sugar, sold it in the open market. As a result, the bank money remained unpaid.
The Commission so far collected statements from about 20 officials and employees of the bank, including its the then Chairman Kazi Baharul Islam, in this regard.
ACC found the evidence that some officials were involved with opening the LCs, ignoring rules and regulations.
The Commission on September 1 sent notices to Partex Group Chairman M A Hashem and his two sons Shawkat Aziz and Rubel Aziz, Managing Director and director respectively, asking them to appear in the commission head office.
