Bank officials, dishonest businessmen involved
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in its investigation has found involvement of a huge number of employees of different banks in most of the graft cases taking place during the tenure of the present government. An official of ACC seeking anonymity told The New Nation that the Commission’s probe teams so far investigating into graft complaints have found involvement of many persons including officials of different state owned and private banks during the last couple of years.
A section of dishonest businessmen in connivance with a section of corrupt employees have embezzled crores of taka from some banks, the ACC official said adding the gangs were still active to plunder banks money.
ACC filed 150 cases against about 100 officials and employees of different banks in 2012 while cases were filed against 50 officials of different banks during the current year. A large number of employees of different banks, the official said, have been interrogated in connection with embezzlement of hefty amount of money.
The ACC has recently submitted charge sheet against 14 officials of Sonali Bank for their involvement in Hall-Mark scam.
ACC has also approved charge sheet against eight officials of Oriental Bank on charge of giving loan of Tk 8 crore to some fake business entities. The Commission filed cases against six officials of Commerce Bank on charge of embezzlement of Tk 28 crore, he said.
ACC is investigating the graft allegation of Tk 3,500 crore of BASIC Bank plundered by some of its officials. ACC has interrogated six officials of Agrani Bank on charge of irregularities in loan disbursement, the source said adding 100 employees of different banks including Janata, Prime, Jamuna, Premier, Shahjalal and Southeast have been interrogated from time to time for giving loan amounting to Tk 1,100 crore to Bismillah Group through underhand deals.
The ACC has also detected irregularities against the officials of Bangladesh Krishi Bank. The officials of the bank have disbursed loan amounting to Tk. 900 crore to some fake organizations, he said. It has filed cases also against some officials of Rupali Bank Limited in connection with misappropriation of Tk 15 crore. The officials of AB Bank Limited have also been facing ACC cases for plunder of about Tk 7 crore, the source said.
-With The New Nation input
