ACC quizzes 8 BDBL officials

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Wednesday quizzed eight officials of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) in connection with nearly Tk 13 billion loan scam by Ananda Shipyard.

An ACC team, led by its deputy director and inquiry officer Zainul Abedin Shibly, questioned them for about three hours from 10 am at the Commission's head office, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told the Financial Express.

The BDBL officials were: general manger at its head office Nurur Rahman Quadri, senior principal officer (Faridpur branch) Yunus Ali, senior principal officer (head office) Imamur Rashid, senior principal officer (Motijheel branch) Dinesh Chandra Saha, assistant general manger (head office) SM Sirajul Islam, former senior principal officer (head office) Nazrul Islam, deputy general manger (Agrabad branch, Chittagong) Tapan Kumar Roy and former consultant of the bank's trading branch Mahe Alam.

In April 2014, the ACC launched a probe into the allegation of swindling nearly Tk 13 billion from 14 commercial banks and financial institutions by Ananda Shipyard, a manufacturer and exporter of ships.

According to the graft allegation, Ananda Shipyard took loans of Tk 13 billion showing fake documents.

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