The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday quizzed six more directors of AB Bank over alleged laundering of Tk 165 crore to UAE.
ACC Assistant Director (Public Relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB that ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain and assistant director Gulshan Anwar, who are investigating the allegation, started interrogating them at 9:30 am. A notice to the chairman of the bank was issued on Monday (January 1) asking for their appearance in the ACC on January 7.They are – Shishir Ranjan Bose, Mejbahul Haque, Fahimul Haque, Syed Afzal Hasan Uddin, Runa Zakia and Md. Anwar Jamil Siddiqui, said Pranab.
Five officials of the bank-Mohammad Mahfuz Ul Islam, head of corporate treasury, Mohammad Lokman, head of Offshore Banking Unit, Arif Neaz, OBU at EPZ branch, Mahadeb Sarkar Sumon, company secretary, and MN Azim, who works in financial institutions and treasury section – were interrogated by ACC on January 2. Earlier, on December 28 of the last year, the bank’s former chairman M Wahidul Haque and former managing director M Fazlur Rahman were interrogated.
Wahidul Haque, along with AB Bank’s vice chairman and a director, resigned from the bank’s board of directors on December 21, 2017, amid allegations of laundering around Tk 165 crore to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through two shady organisations in the name of investment.
Meanwhile, the ACC imposed a ban on the travel of 16 senior officials of the bank.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday summoned newly appointed chairman of AB bank MA Awal and one of its directors to appear before it on Monday over alleged laundering of Tk 165 crore to UAE.
A notice was issued on Sunday asking for their appearance before the ACC on January 8, said ACC Assistant Director (Public Relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya. Besides, the ACC quizzed six more members of the AB Bank’s Board of Directors on Sunday in this connection. On December 21, MA Awal was appointed the chairman of the bank following the resignation of former chairman M Wahidul Haque.
Wahidul along with AB Bank’s vice chairman and a director, resigned from the bank’s board of directors on December 21, 2017, amid allegations of laundering around Tk 165 crore to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through two shady organisations in the name of investment.
Meanwhile, the ACC imposed a ban on the travel of 16 senior officials of the bank.
