11 officials among 30 chargesheeted by ACC

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) approved Thursday a charge sheet against 30 people, including 11 officials from Prime Bank Limited, on allegation of embezzling around Tk 926 million from the bank.

A regular meeting of the commission approved the charge sheet after an ACC investigation had found that the bank officials, in league with the others, embezzled the money from the bank between 2006 and 2012, officials said.

The accused bank officials include former executive officer Kamrul Ahmed Ferdous, senior officer Mohammad Nurul Amin, senior executive officer MA Majid Ansari, former trainee assistant Shamsul Alam, suspended senior executive officer Miran Hossain, first assistant vice president Nasir Uddin Bali, suspended senior executive officers Kamrul Islam Bhuiyan and Mohammad Saleh Uddin, suspended first assistant vice president Motahar Hossain, former manger of ABB Dilkusha branch Ijbahul Bar Chowdhury and officer Zahidul Islam.

Among the other accused are owner of New SK Enterprise Sazedur Rahman, KS Enterprise owner M Shahadat Islam, SK Enterprise owner Mahmudul Islam, SL Enterprise owner Kawser Ali Khan, Tri Tech 69 owner Tasnim Alam, Branch Solutions directors Zahidul Islam and Amirul Islam, Bangladesh Water Development Board official Abul Hashem and Sub Valley Securities Limited Managing Director Mahbub-E-Elahi.

According to the ACC investigation, the Prime Bank officials in collusion with others swindled Tk 926 million from its Dilkusha Islami banking branch during 2006-2012 by creating fake loans against many business firms, illegally using passwords of other officials.

ACC assistant director Rashedur Reza investigated the graft case filed with Motijheel Police Station on March 29, 2012.

ACC officials said the charge sheet would be submitted soon before a Dhaka court.