ACC arrests ex-AB Bank DGM for amassing Tk 325cr

Anti-Corruption Commission today arrested a former deputy managing director of AB Bank Limited in a case filed yesterday over misappropriation of Tk 325 crore between 2011 and 2013.

Badrul Haque Khan, now a general manager of Bangladesh Bank, was deputy general manger and head of credit of AB Bank's principal branch at the time of the crime.

ACC's public relation officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee confirmed The Daily Star of the update and said another Jashim Uddin Chowdhury, director of Rising Steel Mills, was also arrested.

The lawsuit concerned was filed against six persons, including BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury, yesterday with Chittagong's Doublemooring Police Station.