The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against four persons, including two Sonali Bank (SB) officials, for their alleged involvement in embezzling Tk 49 million from Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd (BDBL).
As part of investigating another graft allegation, the Commission has requested the police department to impose a ban on foreign travel for 10 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The accused in the BDBL case are: Messrs Green Printers proprietor Md Abul Hossain, AHB Textiles Ltd managing director Ashraf Hossain Bokaul, SB Agargaon branch executive officers Abul Kalam Matubbor and Md Moslem.
According to the case statement, the four individuals, in collusion with each other, embezzled Tk 49,000,350 from BDBL principal branch through false declaration of product delivery.
Green Printers Ltd opened 23 inland letters of credit (ILC) with Sonali Bank to purchase cotton fabrics from AHB Textiles, a client of BDBL.
Based on the ILCs and fake delivery documents approved by Sonali Bank, BDBL made payment to Bokaul which was eventually misappropriated by the accused persons.
Besides, the Commission on the day sent a letter to the additional inspector general of special branch of police, signed by its assistant director Md Saiful Islam, seeking appropriate steps to impose the travel ban for the Biman officials.
The ten Biman officials are: recently dismissed managing director & CEO of Biman Abul Muneem Mosaddique Ahmed, ground service supervisors GM Jakir Hossain, Mizanur Rahman and AKM Masum Billah, junior ground service officer Moshikur Rahman, commercial officers Jawed Tarik Khan and Mahfuzul Karim Siddique, commercial supervisors Rafiqul Alam and Golam Kyser Ahmed, and junior commercial officer Maruf Mehdi Hasan.
The accused, misusing their power, accumulated a huge amount of wealth from unknown sources through taking bribes and other irregularities during recruitment of cadet pilots, the letter mentioned.
However, the former Biman CEO was relieved of his duty on Tuesday (April 30) following a decision taken at the board meeting of the national flag carrier.
Meanwhile, the anti-graft watchdog also approved charge sheet of a case filed against former councillor of Narayanganj City Corporation Nur Hossain, who is also the prime accused in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case.
On August 1, 2016, ACC filed a case with Ramna Police Station against Nur Hossain, for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 28.11 million and concealing information of additional Tk 24.5 million.
Nur is accused in almost a dozen cases, including one filed over the killing of seven people in April 2014. He is currently in jail.
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