ACC arrests businessman in four cases

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested a businessman in connection with four separate cases filed over misappropriation of around Tk 30.6 crore from state-run Janata Bank.

The ACC arrested Tanvir Chowdhury, managing director of Chowdhury Towel Industries, on Central Road in the capital.

According to the case statement, Tanvir in connivance with the Janata Bank's Ramna Corporate Branch produced fake documents of 21 transactions carried out between Chowdhury Towels and Mir Enterprise, which exists on papers only.

He misappropriated Tk 8.3   crore from the bank.

He also withdrew Tk 22.31 crore from the same branch producing 66 fake back-to-back LCs.

All the cases were filed against him on February 6, 2017. The ACC arrested Sirajul Islam Mir, “director of Mir Enterprise”, for his alleged involvement in the misappropriation the same day.

The commission yesterday filed a case against three people including former assistant general manager of Daulatpur branch of Sonali Bank Nazrul Islam, bank's warehouse keeper Motiar Rahman and Sanjit Kumar Das for misappropriating Tk 49.62 crore from the bank.

ACC Deputy Director Mosharaf Hossain filed the case with Daulatpur police.