The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved charge sheets in 14 cases against 12 people, including 11 officials of Sonali Bank, for allegedly swindling the state-owned bank.
The Commission at its regular meeting today approved the charge sheets, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.
The charge sheets will be submitted before court soon against managing director of TN Bothers Taslim Hasan and 11 former senior officials of Sonali Bank, including general managers Noni Gopal Nath and Mir Mohidur Rahman, deputy general manager AKM Azizur Rahman, assistant general manger Saiful Hasan and executive officer Abdul Matin.
On May 6 last, the ACC also approved charge sheets in 10 cases against 21 people, including 10 officials of Sonali Bank, for allegedly swindling nearly Tk 19 crore out of the state-owned bank.
On January 1, 2013, the ACC filed 26 cases against 35 officials of Sonali Bank and five other companies, including former managing director of the bank Humayun Kabir and managing director of Hall-Mark Group Tanvir Mahmud for misappropriating more than Tk 350 crore (funded) from the Ruposhi Bangla branch of the bank.
ACC deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibly and assistant directors Moshiur Rahman and M Nazmus Saadat conducted investigations into the 14 cases.
Source: UNBConnect
