The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved filing of a case against 29 individuals on the charges of embezzling Tk 459.50 crore through loan forgery.
The case will be filed against National Bank Limited former director and also former deputy minister for water resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, the bank鈥檚 former managing director AFM Shariful Islam and 10 former directors, and 16 top officials of the bank, and a top official of a business group.
The commission approved the case at a meeting led by chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen and held at its Segun Bagicha headquarters in Dhaka city, said its director general for prevention Md Akter Hossain.
The case will be filed with the ACC鈥檚 integrated district office in Dhaka-1 on Monday, said a commission official.
Four of the National Bank鈥檚 former directors to be accused in the case are also family members of Sikder Group founder Zainul Haque Sikder鈥攈is wife Monowara Haque Sikder, their sons Ron Haque Sikder and Rick Haque Sikder, and daughter Parveen Haque Sikder. These four are also holding top positions in Sikder Group. The other former directors to face the case are Moazzem Hossain, Md Naymuzzaman, Khalilur Rahman, Md Anwar Hossain, Mabrur Hossain and Zakaria Taher.
The case will also have Mohammad Mohsin, Saad Musa Group managing director and former director of South Bangla Agriculture Commerce Bank, as an accused.聽
The 16 top officials of the bank accused in the scam are deputy managing director ASM Bulbul; two additional managing directors Md Badiul Alam and Chowdhury Mostaq Ahmed; four senior executive vice presidents Nizam Ahmed, Istiak Hasan, Iftekhar Hossain and Arun Kumar; three senior assistant vice presidents ASM Helal Uddin, Mohammad Mohsin Chowdhury and Hasina Sultana; vice president Mohammad Abu Rashed; two assistant vice presidents Md Akhtar Hossain and Md Alamgir Hossain; senior principal officer Mohammad Nurun Nabi; two principal officers Md Abu Bakkar Russell and Sheikh Farid Ahmed;
According to the ACC findings, Mohammad Mohsin in collusion with other accused took loans of Tk 5,000 crore from Agrabad branch of National Bank Limited with forged documents, violating rules and regulations.
Later, they appropriated Tk 459 crore from the loan money.
