The Anti- corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sued four officials of Sonali Bank Limited along with three others allegedly for embezzling Tk6.15 crore from a local branch of the bank.
ACC Deputy Director Mir Jainul Abedin Shibly filed the case with Motijheel police station against the seven yesterday, confirmed ACC Public Relation Official Pranab Kumer Bhattacharya.
The accused are Senior Executive Officer of Narayanganj branch Kamal Hossain, Commilla Branch manager and Executive Officer Jakir Hossain, former senior executive officer Kazi Enamul Haq and former executive officer Mofijul Islam Chowdhury of the local branch of Sonali Bank, Pellucid Textile LTD Chairman Mohsin Ahmed, Managing Director Mahbub Ul Azam Khan and Director Sofiul Amin.
Accordingly to the first information report, even after the Pellucid Textile Ltd repeatedly failed to export their textile items the bank granted it Tk7.91 crore as a demand loan against its securities before 2010.
On top of that, the bank again granted it Tk73,00000 as demand loan against its three securities and the bank then classified it as a bed loan meaning the money may not be recovered in future.
In 2010, the textile mill yet again applied for another loan facility. This time too the accused bank officials disbursed a loan of Tk5.40 crore against two export securities even before the bank received the price of exporting items, the FIR reads.
The ACC after receiving the complaint it started inquiry and found the accused bank officials and the textile mill owners guilty of embezzling Tk6.15 crore from the local branch of Sonali Bank in the capital.