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ACC grills 4 Krishi Bank officers

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Update: 2014-12-07 03:10:00
ACC grills 4 Krishi Bank officers

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has grilled four senior officers of Krishi Bank for issuing Tk 152 crore loan to three fake companies of a fugitive businessman, Wahidur Rahman.

Deputy Director of the ACC Mohammad Zulfikar Ali interrogated them at its head office in city from 11:30am to 3:00pm Sunday.

The ACC deputy director (public relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya confirmed the matter to banglanews.

The officers are GM (operation) Masud Ahmed Khan, DGM Golam Sarwar, DGM Hafiz Uddin and CRM Jubaer Manjur. All of them were the former officials of BKB.

Pranab Kumar said former MD Moktar Hossain and DMD Joynal Abedin were not present, though, they were scheduled to be interrogated.

Earlier on Wednesday, ACC sent different notices to the former senior officers of the state-owned specialized bank asking them to appear before an interrogation on December 7.

ACC sources said so-called businessman Wahidur Rahman clutched TK 1000 crore from four banks and financial institutions of the country. Of them, some Tk 152 crore had been taken from Krishi Bank.

BDST: 1358 HRS, DEC 07, 2014 / Update: 2055 HRS

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