ACC quizzes 6 more Janata Bank officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday quizzed six more officials of state-owned Janata Bank as part of its investigation into non-funded portion of the Hall-Mark loan scam.
The six Janata Bank officials are from local branch in the capital's Motijheel area, Foreign Trade Corporate Branch, Dilkusha Branch and Bhaban Corporate Branch.
The six officials are Naresh Chandra Das, officer; Mustofa Kamal, manager; Ishrat Zahan, executive officer; Abul Hasem Bhuyan, assistant general manager; Zinia Jesmine, executive officer; and Fayzur Rahman, manager.
However, nothing could be known regarding the interrogation outcome.
Earlier, the ACC on Monday quizzed seven Janata Bank officials over the Hall-Mark loan scam.
According to a Bangladesh Bank report, Sonali Bank's Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch disbursed Tk 3,547 crore in loan to Hall-Mark Group and five other companies defying banking rules. Hall-Mark alone took Tk 2,686 crore.
Meanwhile the ACC summoned six Sonali Bank officials including four general managers, who are accused in the 11 cases filed over the funded portion of the loan scam, did not appear before the anti-graft body yesterday.
Non-funded loans are the loans which are taken in the form of guarantee against letter of credits (L/Cs) while funded loans are taken in cash.