The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested on Tuesday an officer of Dhaka Bank's Feni Branch for his alleged involvement in embezzling Tk 70 million from clients' accounts.
A four-member team of the commission detained Golam Syed Rasaf, principal officer of the bank, from the city's Kakrail area.
The bank officer fraudulently transferred funds of 38 clients to other accounts in between June 2018 and March 2019 and eventually withdrew the money with an ulterior motive for its misappropriation.
In multiple transactions, he embezzled a total of Tk 70,840,000, said ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.
Bank's Feni Branch manager Akhter Hossain filed a case with Feni Model police station on March 19, 2019 in this regard.
Meanwhile, the commission on the day also lodged a case against seven officials of Rural Development Academy (RDA) in Bogura for their involvement in embezzling Tk 20 million from the academy.
The accused in collusion with each other purchased a piece of government land instead of acquisition and showed the land price much higher.
By doing so, the officials misappropriated a total of Tk 20,506,922 from government fund.
The accused are: RDA director general MA Matin (currently on PRL), its director Mahmud Hossain Khan (retired), director Nazrul Islam Khan, deputy project director Abid Hossain Mridha, deputy director Sheikh Shahriar, assistant director Arif Hossain Jewel, and accountant Runia Yesmin.
ACC Bogura office assistant director Aminul Islam filed the case with Sherpur police station in Bogura on the day under Section 409/420/109 of Penal Code and Section 5(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
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