The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had summoned 13 Bangladesh Bank officials for questioning over their alleged connection in sanctioning hundreds of crores of taka in loans to S Alam Community and its pals, however they did no longer seem.
So, now 17 central bank officials have to seem sooner than the commission on 8-9 December, acknowledged a letter signed by ACC Deputy Director and inquiry officer Yasir Arafat as of late (21 November).
Confirming the subject to The Enterprise Traditional, ACC Deputy Director Aktarul Islam acknowledged the letter acknowledged that the officials had been requested to seem on 19 and 20 November however they failed to conform.
“Due to the this truth, they’ve been requested to seem but again and present an oral or written assertion. Failure to seem on the scheduled time and date will doubtless be thought of as no assertion from the acknowledged officials concerning the criticism and motion will doubtless be taken as per regulation,” Aktarul acknowledged.
Six of the 13 officials had been requested to seem on the ACC headquarters on 19 November, while the final seven devour been scheduled to seem the following day.
Alternatively, Husne Ara Shikha, executive director and spokesperson of the central bank, told TBS as of late, “None of our officials who devour been summoned by the ACC on the difficulty of mortgage irregularities devour received the letter but. Due to the which, they did no longer seem sooner than the commission.
“When the letter reaches them, they’ll absolutely seem sooner than the ACC,” she added.
The ACC has requested Bangladesh Bank Inspection Division’s joint directors Sunirban Barua, Anik Talukder and Belal Hossain; further director Salima Begum; deputy directors Md Jubair Hossain, Rubel Chowdhury, Md Ziauddin Bablu, Debashish Bishash, and Khorshedul Alam to seem sooner than it on 8 December.
Apart from, the commission requested Bangladesh Bank Inspection Division Joint Director Syed M Arif-un-Nabi, further directors Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Md Shoayeb Chowdhury, Md Manjur Hossain Khan, Shankar Kanti Ghosh and Md Abdur Rauf, deputy director Lenin Azad Palash and director Md Sarwar Hossain to seem on 9 December.
Amongst them, Belal Hossain, Md Ziauddin Bablu, Debashish Bishash and Khorshedul Alam devour been added to the list.
Primarily essentially based on the letter sent to the central bank officials earlier, Golam Sarwar Chowdhury, proprietor of M/s Murad Conducting and buyer of Islami Bank’s Chaktai branch; United Tall Merchants, buyer of the Jubilee Avenue branch; Century Food Merchandise, a buyer of the Khatunganj branch; and others embezzled money from the bank within the title of loans.
These corporations took around Tk3,300 crore mortgage from the branches which became later funnelled to S Alam Community and his pals, per an ACC offer.
