DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday started quizzing six Sonali Bank officials for the embezzlement of Tk 7,000 crore from nine branches of the state-owned bank. 

The six officers are Sonali Bank local office foreign exchange department (export branch) General Manager (GM) MA Baten, Deputy General Manager (DGM) Hosne Ara Begum, Assistant General Manager (AGM) Amiruddin, Senior Principal Officer Sakhawat Hossain Khan, Senior Officers Manzurul Islam and Nazmul Alam.

ACC deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibli started their interrogation from 11:00am in its office in city’s Segun Bagicha area.

The ACC statement said they embezzled around Tk 7,000 crore from nine branches including Hotel Rupashi Bangla branch, Agargaon branch, Gulshan branch, local office, Motijheel Foreign Exchange Corporate branch, Bangabandhu Avenue Corporate branch, Chittagong Agrabad Corporate branch, Chittagong Laldighi Corporate branch and Narayanganj Corporate branch of Sonali Bank with opening fake letter of Credit (LC) accounts and loan forgery.  

With the collaboration of some officers of the bank and a fraud group embezzled the huge amount of money. 

Chief of the probe team, Mir Joynul Abedin Shibli, collected some recorded copies from December 2, 2013 to August 14, 2014 through managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Sonali Bank’s main branch.

BDST: 1419 HRS, OCT 28, 2014