ACC to launch investigation

The Anti-Corruption Commission would interrogate a dozen of people with high profile and their families for their alleged involvement in the capital market scandal, said ACC Chairman Ghulam Rahamn yesterday.
Talking to reporters at his office, he said ACC would soon launch an investigation into the scandal as it had been given the authority to do so through the recent amendments to the Money Laundering Act, 2012.
Meanwhile, a five-member committee led by Harun-or-Rashid, ACC deputy director, was formed on Thursday to investigate an allegation of laundering money from the capital market.
The committee yesterday sought a copy of the investigation report on the controversial scandal submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The ACC chairman said its team would interrogate the people who had been mentioned in the SEC report. However, it would not follow the report submitted by Krishi Bank Chairman Ibrahim Khaled.
The anti-graft organisation filed four cases yesterday with Dhanmondi Police Station, accusing Nasrin Kadri, operation manager of Arab Bangladesh Bank's Motijhel Corporate branch, and Chowdhury Hafez Rahman, former junior officer of the bank's Dhanmondi branch, of embezzling money.