The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday summoned 13 officials of Bangladesh Bank to appear at the commission over embezzlement of money through sanctioning thousands of crores of taka loan from Islami Bank Bangladesh to S Alam Group and its associates.
聽The commission sent a letter signed by inquiry officer and ACC deputy director Yasir Arafat to the governor of the central bank, asking the 13 officials to appear at ACC headquarters to give their statement over the allegations.聽
ACC asked Bangladesh Bank Inspection Department joint directors Sunirban Barua, Anik Talukder, additional directors Shankar Kanti Ghosh, Salima Begum, deputy directors Md Jubair Hossain and Rubel Chowdhury to appear on November 20.
Apart from this, the commission asked Bangladesh Bank Inspection Department joint director Syed M Arif-un-Nabi, additional directors Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Md Shoayeb Chowdhury, Md Manjur Hossain Khan and Md Abdur Rauf, deputy director Lenin Azad Palash and director Md Sarwar Hossain to appear on November 21.
Earlier, the ACC summoned and interrogated 23 officials of Islami Bank Bangladesh on November 10, 11, and 12 over the allegations of the money embezzlement incident.
聽It is alleged that Golam Sarwar Chowdhury, owner of M/s Murad Enterprise and United Super Traders, customers of the Jubilee Road branch of Islami Bank, Century Food Products, a customer of the Khatunganj branch, and others have embezzled thousands of crores from the bank in the name of loans.
聽On August 21 this year, the ACC started an inquiry into allegations of money laundering against Mohammad Saiful Alam, alias S Alam, the owner of S Alam Group.