The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against 52 people, including Ahsanul Alam, former Islami Bank chairman and son of S Alam, on charges of embezzling Tk 918 crore from Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.
ACC director general (prevention) Md Aktar Hossain said that the accused persons, in collusion with each other, embezzled Tk 827.42 crore, which amounts to Tk 918.57 crore with interest from Khatunganj Corporate Branch of the bank.
The accused persons in the case are Islami Bank鈥檚 former chairman Ahsanul Alam, Century Food Product Limited managing director Md Ariful Islam Chowdhury, Century Food鈥檚 Mohammad Hasanuzzaman, the bank鈥檚 former director Mohammad Selim Uddin, former nominee director Syed Abu Asad, former member of EC committee and vice chairman Tanvir Ahmed, former director and EC committee member Md Kamrul Hasan, former independent director Mohammad Saleh Zahur, former director Professor Nazmul Hasan, former director Md Fosiul Alam, former board member Abu Sayeed Mohammad Kashem, former director and EC member Jamal Mostafa Chowdhury, former director Mohammad Monirul Maula, former managing director Mahbub Ul Alam, former deputy managing director Taher Ahmed Chowdhury, DMD Hasne Alam, DMD Md Abdul Jabbar, senior executive vice president Md Siddiqur Rahman, SEVP AAM Habibur Rahman, SEVP Mohammad Saeed Ullah, additional managing director Omar Faruq Khan, former AMD JQM Habibullah, former AMD Muhammad Kaiser Ali, former DMD (CRO) Mohammad Ali, former DMD (CHRO) Mostafizur Rahman Siddiqui, former SEVP and current AMD Altaf Hossain, former DMD Mohammad Sabbir, SEVP GM Muhammad Gias Uddin Kader, former DMD Miftah Uddin, former DMD Abul Fayaz Mohammad Kamal Uddin, former SEVP Mohammad Ullah, former SEVP and current deputy managing director Md Rafiqul Islam, executive vice-president Md Farid Uddin, executive vice president Khaled Mahmud Raihan, former contract-based deputy managing director Kazi Md. Rezaul Karim, and vice president and former branch head Mohammad Ehsanul Islam.
The accused persons in the case also include assistant vice president and branch head Md Monzur Hasan, senior vice president and former branch head Muhammad Sirajul Kabir, senior vice president and assistant SEVP of Corporate Investment Division (CID-1) Mohammad Momtaz Uddin Chowdhury, Dulari Enterprise proprietor Md Sadekur Rahman, Musha Enterprise proprietor Md Musha Chowdhury, MM Corporation proprietor Mohammad Rafiq, Aperture Trading House proprietor SM Nesar Ullah, Famous Trading Corporation鈥檚 Arshadur Rahman Chowdhury, Global Trading Corporation Limited managing director Mohammad Rashedul Alam, its director Mohammad Abdus Sabur, Ansar Enterprise proprietor Ansarul Alam Chowdhury, Rainbow Corporation proprietor Raihan Mahmud Chowdhury, Coastline Trading House proprietor Ershad Uddin, Green Expose Traders proprietor MA Monaem, United Super Traders owner Md Golam Kibria Chowdhury, and Sonali Traders owner Sahidul Alam.
On December 19, the ACC also filed a case accusing Ahsanul Alam and 56 others on charges of embezzling thousands of crores of taka from Islami Bank.
On January 9, the ACC filed another case against Ahsanul Alam and 54 others on charges of embazziling around Tk 994 crore from Islami Bank.
