Tk 100 cr Jute Purchase Scam in Khulna
2 bank managers suspended for ‘connivance’
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
Sarder Hasibur Rahman, Manager of Daulatpur branch of Sonali Bank and Mohammod Mizanur Rahman, its manager at Daulatpur College Road branch have been suspended for their alleged connivance in a big financial scandal involving Tk 100 crore for purchase of raw jute. The suspension orders were issued Tuesday evening by Atiqur Rahman, the bank's General Manager at its Principal Office in Khulna City. Senior Principal Officer Samir Kumar Ghose and Junior Principal Officer Farhad Hossain yesterday took over charges of the bank's Daulatpur branch and College Road branch respectively. According to the General Manager, Messers Eastern Traders, AK Jute and Akunji Brothers are prominent jute traders in Daulatpur. They took Tk 100 crore as loan for purchasing raw jute. A special team of senior officers sent from the bank's Dhaka head office earlier this month conducted inspection in godowns of the jute traders. The team submitted a report to Sonali Bank Managing Director Tahminul Islam saying that the jute traders did not purchase raw Jute worth Tk 100 crore taken as loan for that. The traders submitted forged statements in connivance with the managers at the two branches. In fact, they did not purchase raw jute even with half of the loan money, Sonali Bank sources said. Further investigation is going on.
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