3 Sonali Bank officials grilled

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday grilled three officials of state-owned Sonali Bank for their alleged involvement in a Tk 15 billion (1,500 crore) loan scam. An ACC team led by its senior deputy director Mir Md Joynul Abedin Shibli quizzed three officials of the bank – senior officer of Sonali Bank's local office Jahangir Helal, officer Md Mosharraf Hossasin and executive officer Md Jakir Hossain – from Tuesday morning till 12noon. The three were grilled at the anti-graft watchdog’s head office in Segunbagicha in the city. The ACC summoned the three Sonali Bank officials on December 14 by issuing notices to them. They took Tk 15 billion from six branches of the bank illegally, according to private TV channels.