DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is quizzing five officials of Janata Bank Limited, including its former General Manager, for investigation into an allegation about Ananda Shipyard’s loan scam of Tk 1,300 crore.

A team led-by Deputy Director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibli of ACC started grilling them from 11:00am Thursday in ACC headquarters in city’s Segun Bagicha area.

The bank officials are ex-GM M Nuruzzaman, ex-DGM M Nazrul Islam, former AGM M Afzal Hossain, ex-first AGM and also manager (ICD) Shamsunnahar Begum and FAGM M Enamul Haque.

Ananda Shipyard embezzled Tk 1,300 crore from 12 banks and finance companies in name of ship export showing fake documents, the ACC claimed.

The information came after an inspection conducted by Bangladesh Bank officials.

BDST: 1405 HRS, FEB 05, 2015