Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Sunday imposed a travel ban on four officials of Premier Bank in connection with an alleged embezzlement of Tk 3,000 crore from the private bank鈥檚 Narayanganj branch.
Judge Mohammed Ash-Shams Jaglul Hossain of the court imposed a travel ban on the four officials after accepting a petition submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission deputy director, Md Mustafizur Rahman.
The four bankers are Premier Bank鈥檚 additional managing director Md Shahid Hasan Mallik, vice-president Moshfiqul Alam, senior assistant vice-president Dipak Kumar Debanath and senior assistant vice-president Mohammad Mahadi Hasan Sarker.
ACC, in the petition, told the court that they had information that the graft suspects were secretly trying to leave the country, said ACC public prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir.
The travel ban is needed to prevent them from leaving the country and for the sake of a fair inquiry into the allegation, according to the petition.
After the court order, the commission sent the order to the Special Branch of the police and the Department of Immigration and Passport for necessary actions.
The ACC recently started an inquiry against some officials of Premier Bank in connection with the allegation.
A three-member team of the ACC led by its deputy director Mustafizur is carrying out an inquiry against them.
According to the allegation, some officials of the bank鈥檚 Narayanganj branch and head office, in collusion with each other, embezzled Tk聽3,000 crore from the bank.
The officials granted fake loans in favour of 43 suspected garment exporters through forgery and various irregularities under the cover of back-to-back Letter of Credit facilities.
