Sonali loan scam: ACC approves charge sheets in 14 cases

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved charge sheets in 14 cases against 12 people, including 11 officials of Sonali Bank (SB), for allegedly swindling the bank. The Commission at its regular meeting on Monday approved the charge sheets, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said. The charge sheets will be submitted before court soon against managing director of TN Bothers Taslim Hasan and 11 former senior officials of SB, including general managers Noni Gopal Nath and Mir Mohidur Rahman, deputy general manager AKM Azizur Rahman, assistant general manger Saiful Hasan and executive officer Abdul Matin. On May 6 last, the ACC also approved charge sheets in 10 cases against 21 people, including 10 officials of SB, for allegedly swindling nearly Tk 190 million out of the state-owned bank. On January 1, 2013, the ACC filed 26 cases against 35 officials of SB and 5 other companies, including former managing director of the bank Humayun Kabir and managing director of Hall-Mark Group Tanvir Mahmud for misappropriating more than Tk 3500 million (funded) from the Ruposhi Bangla branch of the state-owned bank, according to UNB.