Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved charge sheet in 10 cases against 21 officials and executives of Sonali Bank and Hall-Mark Group’s sister concerns on charge of plundering Tk 18.68 crore.
The anti-graft body gave the approval in its routine meeting, said ACC Public Relations Officer (PRO) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The investigation team submitted its final report to the commission last week and recommended for charge sheet in 27 cases covering misappropriation of Tk 373 crore (funded part).
But the high-ups of the ACC after scrutinising the report approved the charge sheet in 10 cases, said the PRO, adding that the remaining cases are waiting for the decision whether they will be approved for the charge sheet.
Managing Director of Paragon Knit Saiful Hasan Raza, its Director Abdullah Al Mamun and their aides Mukul Hossain have been accused in the charge sheet.
DN Sports Chairman Motahar Uddin, its Managing Director Shafiqur Rahman and Officer Fahmida Akhter Shikha, Chairman of Khan
Jahan Ali Sweeters Tajul Islam, Managing Director Sheikh Abdul Jalil, Directors Rafiqul Islam and Mir Mohammad Shawkat Ali are also the accused.
Besides, former Deputy Managing Directors of Sonali Bank head Office Mainul Haque (OSD) and Atiqur Rahman (OSD), General Managers ANM Mashrurul Huda Sirazi, Noni Gopal Nath (OSD) and Mir Mohidur Rahman, Deputy General Managers Sheikh Altaf Hossain, Mohammad Safizuddin Ahmed and Kaniz Fatema Chowdhury, Assistant General Managers Mohammad Quamrul Hossain Khan (periodical suspended) and Khurshed Alam, among others, are also the accused.
An eight-member inquiry team led by ACC Senior Deputy Director Mir Mohammad Joynal Abedin Shibli submitted the final report to the commission after conducting the investigation during the one-year long time.
