Charge sheet against nine gets ACC nod

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved charge sheet against nine people including a former parliament member in a case for misappropriating Tk 1.20 billion from Bangladesh Commerce Bank Ltd (BCBL).

The prime accused in the case-Md Shawkat Chowdhury- is the proprietor and managing director of Messrs Jamuna Agro Chemical Ltd.

He was a member of the 10th parliament from Nilphamari-4 constituency with Jatiya Party ticket.

The other accused are -- BCBL Bangshal branch first assistant vice-president (AVP) and branch manager Habibul Gani, first AVP and foreign trade official Shirin Nizami, additional managing director Muhammad Asaduzzaman, assistant officer Debashish Kumar Baul, BCBL head office senior vice-president Shafiqul Islam, vice-president Panu Ranjan Das, first AVP Iftekhar Hossain, and executive officer Asjadur Rahman.

All the bankers were either sacked or their contract with the bank was terminated.

ACC headquarters assistant director Md Sirazul Haque has been tusked with investigating the case filed with Bangshal police station on May 9, 2016.

According to the case statement, Mr Chowdhury had taken the money from the bank's Bangshal branch by opening letters of credit (LCs) for import by his three companies.

In collusion with each other, the accused embezzled a total of Tk 1,200,980,989 which was taken in between 2012 to 2013.

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