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The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated a probe into the allegation of swindling out of Tk30 million from the Narayanganj branch of Uttara Bank.
As per the banking rules, if more money is deposited in a small branch of bank, the additional money will have to be sent to the main branch of a town, a news agency report said.
Nitaiganj branch of Uttara Bank, a small branch of Narayanganj town, sent Tk30 million to Narayanganj branch of Uttara Bank in 2014, but chief cash officer of Narayanganj branch Mukhter Ali allegedly plundered the money without depositing it in the branch, according to ACC sources.
On May 16, 2014, the bank’s Deputy General Manager Khairul Alam filed a case with Narayanganj Model Police Station against Mukhter Ali in connection with the graft allegation.
Police sent the case to the ACC on May 21, 2015, requesting it to carry out an investigation into the allegation. And the Commission at its recent meeting decided to launch a probe as the swindling of money is a ‘scheduled offence’ of the national anti-graft body, the ACC sources said.
ACC Deputy Director Abdus Sobhan has already been appointed as an investigation officer to conduct probe into the graft allegation.
Cash officer Mukhter Ali, now fugitive, has been suspended from the bank after the incident.