DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday grilled three officials of state-run Sonali Bank’s local office in an inquiry into a loan scam of Tk 600 crore.

The questioned are Jahangir Helal, senior officer of the bank’s local office along with his two colleagues Mosharraf Hossain, an officer of the import section and Zakir Hossain, executive officer. 

A team, headed by ACC deputy director Mir Jainul Abedin Shibly, interrogated the officials at the ACC headquarters in the capital for two hours starting from 11:00am.

Earlier on December 14, the commission summoned the officials for interrogation.

A total of Tk 1,500 crore were embezzled from six branches of Sonali Bank including the local office. 

The other branches are foreign export corporate branch (Tk three crore), Bangabandhu Avenue corporate branch (Tk 250 crore), Chittagong’s Agrabad Corporate Branch (Tk 400 crore) and the rest from Laldighi Corporate Branch in Chittagong, and Narayanganj Corporate Branch.

BDST: 1431 HRS, DEC 23, 2014