A bank official of Bangladesh Commerce Bank (BCB) at Khatunganj branch, the business hub of the port city of Chittagong, has absconded embezzling Tk several crore of clients in Chittagong.
About 15 victims, who are mainly the traders of Khatunganj trading area, thronged at the branch of the bank on receiving the massages of embezzlement of their money in the afternoon.
They alleged that the branch’s second officer Moinuddin Ahmed transferred huge amount of money through password forgery and went into hiding.
The incident came into light when the cheques issued by the traders were bounced at the branch on Monday morning due to insufficient balance.
Abdur Rahman, proprietor of Rahman & Trading told Dhaka Tribune: “I have issued a cheque of Tk 6, 82,000 to my party as I had Tk 1,50,00000 in my account”.
“A total of Tk70,00000 have been missing from my account. Now my account holds only Tk12,000”, said the trader.
Sirajul Alam owner of SR Trading of the area said the bank official provided me fake statement and embezzled Tk31,00000 from my account.
Confirming the incident the bank manager of the branch Kazi Abul Kashem told Dhaka Tribune: “We received the allegation from seven to eight customers in this regard. We have already informed it to the Dhaka office”.
A team from the headquarters will visit the branch on Tuesday, he said.
The second officer remained untraceable, he added.
Being informed, the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) visited the branch and quizzed the other bank officials.