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ACC grills 10 AB bank officers

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Update: 2015-01-13 07:20:00
ACC grills 10 AB bank officers

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) quizzed 10 officers of Arab Bangladesh (AB) Bank on Tuesday over the allegation of Ananda Shipyard’s loan scam of Tk 1300 crore.

The ACC deputy director Mir M Zainul Abdin Shibli interrogated them in its headquarters in city’s Segunbagicha area from 11:00am.

The bank officers are DMD Farukh M Ahmed, SVP Wasika Afrozi, SVP Salma Akhter, VP Shamin A Morshed, EVP Akhter hamid Khan, AVP Manjur Mafiz of principal branch, EVP Chowdhury Manjur Liakat, EVP Mahbubzzaman, SVP Kazi Ashraf Miah and AVP M Al Mamun of Karwan Bazar Branch.

Earlier on Thursday, the ACC summoned the AB bank officials to appear before the anti-graft body on January 13.

The notice was sent according to their previous designation when the embezzlement happened.

Ananda Shipyard embezzled Tk 1300 crore from 12 banks and finance companies in name of ship export, the ACC claimed.

The sources said there is an allegation that some Tk 186.30 crore has been embezzled from the AB Bank.

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

BDST: 1820 HRS, JAN 13, 2015

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