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The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved a charge sheet against six people, including Janata Bank deputy general manager (export-import) Shamim Ahmed Khan, in a case filed on charges of embezzling Tk 250 crore from the state-owned bank.

The commission approved the charge sheet in the case at a meeting held at its headquarters in the capital’s Segun Bagicha after eight years since filing of the case in 2016.


ACC deputy director Aktarul Islam confirmed it to ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ·.

The five other accused are Janata Bank former senior executive officer and now FAGM at the bank Md Masiur Rahman, assistant general manager AS Jahurul Islam, former general manager Manjurul Islam, Dhaka Trading House owner Md Tipu Sultan, and its commercial officer Saiful Islam.

ACC director Mohammad Ibrahim, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the commission for approval in the case.

Following the approval, the charge sheet will be submitted to the special judges’ court in Dhaka for the next course of action, said ACC officials.

According to the charge sheet, the accused, in collusion with each other, did not pay Tk 250 crore of Janata Bank and embezzled the money.

On February 18, 2016, then commission’s deputy director Samsul Alam filed the case with the Motijheel police.