Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday sought a ban on foreign travel of two individuals for their alleged involvement at Farmers Bank’s Tk 23 crore loan scam.
The individuals are Iftekhar Hossain Siraji, Managing Director of Abeda Private Memorial Limited, and his wife Sharmin Rahman.
The Commission sent a formal letter to the Immigrating Authority requesting it to place their names on the Exit Control List (ECL).
“The Commission sent letters to immigration of all the airports and land ports and other authorities concerned through the Home Ministry to place the names of the individuals on the ECL list to prevent them from leaving the country,” an ACC official told The New Nation in the evening.
He said, the persons have been accused of swindling Tk 23 crore from the bank. The Commission has already launched a probe in this regard. “ACC sought a ban on their foreign travel in the interest of the investigation,” he added.
Earlier, the Immigration Department imposed a travel ban on 17 people, who have been accused of embezzling Tk 160 crore of Farmers Bank, following the request from the ACC. The ACC filed a case against the six persons with the Gulshan Police Station for their alleged involvement in embezzlement of the bank’s fund. Among the accused, the ACC already arrested four, including the bank’s former Audit Committee Chairman Mahabubul Haque Chisty (Babul Chisty) and his son Rashedul Haque Chisty, as part of its proceedings.
