ACC to file another 23 cases in connection with Basic Bank scam

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will file another 23 cases on Tuesday night in connection with the swindling of money from state-run Basic Bank Limited.
ACC inquiry officials will file 12 cases with Gulshan Police Station while eight with Paltan Police Station and three with Motijheel Police Station tonight, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.
The ACC on Monday filed 18 cases in connection with swindling of around Tk 7.47 billion from state-run Basic Bank Limited.
ACC deputy director Mahbubul Alam and deputy assistant directors AKM Fazle Hossain and Zainal Abedin filed the cases against 153 people, including former managing director Kazi Fakhrul Islam, for allegedly plundering around Tk 7.47 billion from Gulshan and Mtijheel local branches of Basic Bank.
Although 153 people were sued in the cases, the number of actual accused would be less as many of them are common in the cases.
On September 9, the ACC approved proposals to file 54 cases against 80-85 individuals, including bank officials.
According to a Bangladesh Bank inquiry, about Tk 45 billion was swindled out from Basic Bank in the last six years when Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachhu was its chairman.
-SS