Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in a drive arrested four people from the capital for their alleged link with Tk 2009 crore BASIC Bank loan scam.
A special team of ACC, led by its Director Iqbal Hossain, conducted raids in capital’s Gulshan, Uttara, Baridhara, Dhanmondi and in Mohammadpur areas and nabbed the accused persons.
The arrestees are Ikramul Bari, Assistant General Manager of the bank’s Head Office, Syed Hasibul Ghani, Chairman of Emerald Dress, Akbar Hossain, owner of Asian Shipping BD, and Foyezunnesa Nabi, Proprietor of M/S Farshi International Ltd.
Confirming the news, ACC sources said the arrestees were earlier taken to the surveillance of the ACC’s intelligence team so that they can not leave the country.
According to them, Hasibul Ghani was shown arrested in cases No. 36, 37 and 45, filed with Motijheel Police Station. He has been accused of misappropriating Tk 206 crore of Basic Bank.
Akbar Hossain of Asian Shipping was shown arrested in case No. 56, filed with Gulshan Police Station, for misappropriating Tk 25 crore.
Faezun Nabi Chowdhury was shown arrested against case No. 40, filed with Ramna Police Station, for misappropriating Tk 30 crore.
Basic Bank official Ikramul Bari was arrested in connection to the cases, filed with Motijheel Police Station, for alleged misappropriation of Tk 48 crore.
All the arrestees were taken to Ramna Police Station and the ACC will produce them before a Dhaka Court today seeking ten-day remand, an ACC official told The New Nation on Monday evening.
In September last year, the ACC filed a total of 56 cases against 120 people for swindling Tk 2009 crore from the state-owned bank. The accused included 26 bank officials and the rest 94 were clients who took loans from the banks showing 54 business establishments.
