The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday summoned Orion Group Chairman Obaidul Karim along with four other officials for allegedly embezzling Tk50 crore from the Oriental Bank (now ICB Islamic Bank).
A notice issued by the commission’s Deputy Director and Investigation Officer Hamidul Hasan asking the officials to appear before the commission on November 5 and the Chairman on November 8, confirmed ACC Public Relation Officer Pranab Kumer Bhattacharya.
The other officials are Oriental Bank directors Rezaul Karim and Enamul Karim (Obaidul’s brothers), Obaidul’s son Orion’s Director Salman Karim and Obaidul’s son-in-law Mehedy Hasan. The case was filed with the Bongshal police station on October 23 last year.
An official of the commission said a report made by Foreign Currency Investigation and Vigilance Team of Bangladesh Bank showed that Tk471 crore was transferred by the chairman and director of Orion to their personal accounts illegally from the then Oriental Bank in connivance with the bank officials.
The amount was transferred from several branches of the bank illegally through inter banking debit voucher.
The commission found proof of the embezzlement after primary inquiry, said an ACC official.
