Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday told the Parliament that former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu was found involved in irregularities with loan grant, recruitment and promotion.
Replying to a query from Jatiya Party Lawmaker Selim Uddin, he said the audit firms appointed by Bangladesh Bank and BASIC Bank found Bacchu’s involvement.
He named 27 BASIC Bank officials, 56 business organisations and eight surveyor organisations responsible for the irregularities.
Among the officials, he named former managing directors AKM Sajedur Rahman and Kazi Fakhrul Islam, former additional managing director Sheikh Monjur Morshed and former deputy managing directors Fazlus Sobhan and Kanak Kumar Purokayastha, general managers Joynul Abedin Chowdhury and Mozammel Hossain, general manager Khandakar Shamim Hossain (suspended), general manager Moniruzzaman, Golam Faruk Khan, general manager Mohammad Ali (sacked), former deputy general manager Korban Ali, deputy general manager Omar Faruk, deputy general manager Shipar Ahmed (sacked), deputy general manager SM Waliullah (suspended), assistant general managers Jahiruddin, Imrul Islam, Abdus Sabur, Abdus Sattar Khan, Palash Das Gupta, Ikramul Bari, former assistant general manager Sarwar Hossain, manager Mohibul Huq, deputy manager SM Jahid Hasan (sacked) and deputy manager NA Taufikul Alam.
The business organisations are Azad Trading, Vasavi Fashions Ltd, Tahmina Denim Ltd, Lifestyle Fashions Maker Ltd, UK Bangla Trading Ltd, Tahmina Knitwear Ltd, Farshi International Ltd, Khadija & Sons, Little World Ltd, ARSS Enterprise, Amira Shipping Agency, Asian Shipping BD, SFG Shipping Line Ltd, Monika Trading International, Fast & Best Trade Impex, Trade House, Asian Food Trading and Co, Surma Steel and Steel Trading Co, Silver Com Trading, Sintrex, B Alam Shipping Lines, SL Designer Ltd, Tanjina Fashion, Feyaz Enterprise, Nahar Garden Pvt Ltd, LR Trading, Syed Traders, Rudro Specialised and Cold Storage Ltd, New Auto Define, Telewiz International Ltd, Dynamic Trading, Ahmed Oils Mills Ltd, Bithi Enterprise, Omareld Specialised Coals Storage Ltd, Emareld Auto Bricks Ltd, Propel International Ltd, RI Enterprise, Gunjon Agro Aromatic Rice Mills, Huq Trading, Voice Enterprise, Hasib Enterprise, SOS Brothers, Ali Construction and Suppliers, Bashar Enterprise, Emareld Oil Ltd, Symex Ltd, RAK Foods Ltd, Syed Real Estate and Developers Ltd, Reliance Shipping Lines, Syed Constructions Ltd, Nil Sagar Agro Industries Ltd, Nil Sagar Agro Industries Ltd (Feed Mill Unit), Parma Engineering Works, Emareld Dress, Borshon Agro Industries Ltd and Ajbiha Agro Industries Ltd.
Finance minister named the surveyor organisations which include SB Survey Firm, Rupsha Surveyor, PSR, BDS Adjuster, Unique Survey Service Bureau, Professional Associates, Desh Paridarshan Co and HIS Inspection.
A Bangladesh Bank inspection had earlier unearthed the irregularities in four branches of the state-owned BASIC Bank — Motijheel, Shantinagar, Dilkusha and Gulshan — involving loans of nearly Tk4,424.93 crore.
The scam happened between December 2009 and November 2012.
