The Crime Desk: The investigation team of ACC will interrogate six officials of Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday to investigate allegations of embezzlement of thousands of crores from three branches of Islami Bank in Chittagong. Besides, seven more officials of Bangladesh Bank are scheduled to be interrogated tomorrow, Thursday.
The six officials who are supposed to be interrogated on Wednesday are Bangladesh Bank Inspection Department Joint Director Sunirban Barua, Anik Talukder, Additional Director Shankar Kanti Ghosh, Chalima Begum, Deputy Director Md. Zubair Hossain, and Rubel Chowdhury. And those who are expected to appear in the ACC tomorrow Thursday are Bangladesh Bank Inspection Department Joint Director Syed Mu. Arif-un-Nabi, Additional Director Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Md. Shoaib Chowdhury, Md. Manjur Hossain Khan, and Md. Abdur Rauf, Deputy Director Lenin Azad Palash, and Director Md. Sarwar Hossain.
It is alleged that Golam Sarwar Chowdhury, owner of M/s Murad Enterprise, United Super Traders, customer of Jubilee Road branch, Century Food Products, customer of Khatunganj branch, and others have embezzled thousands of crores from Islami Bank in the name of loan. On the 11th, ACC investigation officer and deputy director Yashir Arafat sent a letter to the central bank governor summoning 13 senior officials of Bangladesh Bank for questioning. In that letter, six of them were asked to appear before the ACC on November 20 and seven on November 21. The letter also asked the officials to appear and bring attested photocopies of their identity cards and passports.
Besides, in the letter, Islami Bank Bangladesh Chaktai branch customer Messrs Murad Enterprise, Jubilee Road branch customer United Super Traders, and Khatunganj branch customer Century Food Products have been asked to appear with detailed information about the role of the officer related to loan inspection and monitoring.
