Embezzling gold worth Tk 11.40 crore: 5 Samabaya Bank officials remanded

A Dhaka court today placed five high-ranked officials of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd, including its Deputy General Manager, on a three-day remand for allegedly embezzling their clients' deposited gold worth Tk 11.40 crore.

The officials are DGM Abdul Alim, AGM (Accounts) Hedayet Kabir, ex-Principal Officer Md Mahbubul Haque, Principal Officer Md Omar Faruque and Senior Officer (cash) Nur Mohammad.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka passed the order after Mohammad Ibrahim, deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Commission – also the investigation officer of the case – produced them with a three-day remand prayer.

They were arrested from the capital's Shegunbagicha area around 1:30pm today, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Earlier in the day, ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Ibrahim filed the case against nine officials including the bank's Chairman Md Mohiuddin Ahmed alias Mohi with the Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka.