Sonali MD, brother of chief whip get grilled

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday interrogated Sonali Bank managing director and a brother of chief whip ASM Feroz in connection with a loan scam. ACC assistant director Bahadur Alam quizzed Sonali Bank managing director Pradip Kumar Dutta and Abul Maksud Mohammd Farhad, brother of the chief whip, for 1:30 hours respectively at the ACC head office, sources at the Commission said. According to the sources, Patuakhali Jute Mill, now owned by chief whip ASM Feroz, took a loan of Tk 1.2 crore from Sonali Bank in 1985 and rescheduled it violating the banking rules and got about Tk 13 crore waived in collusion with the bank’s board of directors. Talking to reporters after the grilling, Mohammd Farhad denied his involvement in the loan scam and claimed that he has been asked to face the interrogation as part of an effort to harass him politically, according to UNB.