Case filed against three for embezzling Tk 92 crore

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against three persons, including two bank officials, for allegedly embezzling about Tk 92.6 crore from Sonali Bank Ltd.

ACC deputy assistant director Md Mosharraf Hossain filed the case against them with Daulatpur Police Station in Khulna.

ACC's Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya confirmed the matter to risingbd.

The accused are owner of Eastern Jute Mills Limited Sanjit Kumar Das and then warehouse keeper of Sonali Bank's Daulatpur corporate branch Md Matiar Rahman (now godown keeper of Sonali Bank's Maheshpur branch) and then assistant general manager of the bank's Daulatpur branch Md Nazrul Islam (now AGM of Sonali Bank's Khulna corporate branch).

According to the case statement, Eastern Jute Mills earlier took over Tk 49 crore in loan from Sonali Bank's Daulatpur branch to import raw goods from abroad.

However, the mill did not import goods and the accused in collusion with each other swindled the money and caused a loss of Tk 92.6 crore (with interest) to the national exchequer.

risingbd/Dhaka/Sept 26, 2017/MA Rahman/Amirul