2 SB officials among 3 face graft case

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file a case against three people, including two officials of Sonali Bank, for reportedly swindling out more than Tk40 million (Tk4 crore) from the bank. The Commission at a recent meeting approved a proposal for filing a case against them, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said. The case will be filed against managing director of M/s Oli Knitting Fabrics Limited (Narayanganj) Ayesha Afroz, executive officer of Sonali Bank Mosharraf Hossain and executive officer and manager of Debidwar branch of the bank Zakir Hossain. According to the ACC inquiry, all the accused in collusion with each other swindled out Tk 4.14 crore from Sonali Bank local branch through disbursement of loan to M/s Oli Knitting Fabrics Limited against fake documents. An ACC team, led by its deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shebly, conducted the probe into the graft allegation, according to UNB.