Former managing director of the International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFS) Rashedul Haque has given a confessional statement in a case against PK Halder, another former banker accused of plundering thousands of crores of taka.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Morshed Al Mamun Bhuiyan recorded Rashedul’s statement at the Anti-Corruption Commission’s request on Tuesday.
According to the statement, former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury and former executive director Shah Alam were the mastermind behind the embezzlement of the money from the ILFSL.
The graft watchdog on Tuesday interrogated the duo over the loan scams by PK Halder (Prashanta Kumar Halder), the former managing director of NRB Global Bank.
According to ACC sources, the duo divulged information on those involved in the scams including the top officials of the central bank.
Rashedul, in his confessional statement, said that, as the ILFS managing director, he had paid PK Halder Tk200,000 per month at Shah Alam’s direction.
He added that PK Halder used SK Sur Chowdhury to manage various irregularities.
Earlier, the commission also interrogated the central bank team that had audited FAS Finance and ILFS.
Members of the audit team said that everything had been done on the instructions of senior officials.
So far, a total of 34 cases of embezzlement from ILFSL and FAS Finance have been filed and 12 individuals arrested over the various scams by PK Halder.
The government has frozen Tk1,000 crore and issued travel bans on 64 individuals while inquiry is underway against 33 individuals.