ACC sues 5 over Tk 126cr loan scam
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against five people, including four bank officials, for allegedly swindling Sonali Bank out of Tk 126 crore.
ACC deputy assistant director Mosharraf Hossain filed the case with Khan Jahan Ali Police Station in Khulna, said an official.
The accused are chairman of Sonali Jute Mills Ltd SM Emdadul Hossain, general manager of Sonali Bank (head office) Nepal Chandra Saha, senior principal officer of Sonali Bank's Khulna corporate branch Sheikh Taiubur Rahman, assistant officer of the branch Kazi Habibur Rahman and former deputy general manager Samir Kumar Debnath.
According to the case statement, Khulna Jute Mills Ltd took over Tk 85 crore in loan from Khulna corporate branch of Sonali Bank in 2010 to import raw goods from abroad, but the mill did not import the goods and gobbled up the money.
With interests, the total amount rose to Tk 126 crore.
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