ACC submits CS against 20 persons

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) submitted Sunday a charge sheet (CS) to the court charging 20 persons for swindling of about Tk 92.7 million from the Arab Bangladesh Bank Limited (AB Bank).
ACC deputy director Md Khairul Huda submitted the charge sheet. He said the charge sheet was submitted according to the ACC law as the commission's inquiry found the allegation of loan scam authentic.
Mr Huda, also the investigation officer of the case, said the incidence of embezzlement happened between 2004 and 2006 as swindlers withdrew about Tk 92.7 million loan from the Dhanmondi branch of the bank showing fake documents.
After getting the allegation, the ACC launched an investigation into the accusation and found the involvement of 21 people. Some AB bank officials were also involved in the loan scam, the inquiry found.
A case was filed with Mohammadpur Police Station accusing 21 people for the loan scam in 2009. However, the investigation was halted due to some legal complications. Finally, on February 9 last, the ACC approved the charge sheet. One of the accused was excluded from the charge sheet as he died, said the ACC official.
The accused were senior officer of the bank MM Maksud Mazumder, members of the swindlers' group Atiqur Rahman, Towhid Mahmud, Nazrul Islam, Abdul Khaleq, Abdul Kayum Mollah, Md Jamal Uddin Hawlader, Md Dulal Hawlader, Zakir Sheikh, Kazi Jashimul Islam, Kazi Zahirul Islam, Zakir Hossain, Md Shah Alam, Tanvir Mashfu, HM Barik, Aminul Islam, Ainul Haque, Asaduzzaman Mithu, Md Nuruzzaman Fakir, and Ms Murshida Afrin.