
Ex-DBBL official sued for Tk 10m embezzlement
FE Report | Friday, 31 May 2019
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against a former Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) official for his alleged involvement in embezzling Tk 10 million form a client's account.
Zakir Hossain, former senior vice-president (sacked) of the bank's Dilkusha Local Branch, misappropriated total Tk 10,122,230 taking advantage of mismatch of savings certificates, according to the case statement.
The accused prepared fake vouchers and reference numbers to transfer the sum of money to his personal account in phases and opened Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) in favour of his name with the same branch, which was eventually embezzled.
The case was filed with Motijheel police station by ACC headquarters assistant director Md Joynal Abedin as per section 04 of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 and section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
The commission also approved charge sheet of a case against seven people including a former official of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) for their involvement in grabbing a plot in Uttara Model Town.
In collusion with others, former RAJUK caretaker (legal) Md Meraj Ali gabbed a piece of land in road-01 area of sector-5 of Uttara in 2018.
The other accused are - Nurjahan Begum, Mostafa Zaman, Mostafa Kamal, Mostafa Mohsin, Mizanur Rahman, and Nilufa Rahman. They all are relatives hailing from Sundarganj Upazila of Gaibandha.
The case was filed with Motijheel police station on August 14, 2018 by ACC headquarters deputy assistant director Md Shahjahan.
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