Three people including an employee of Sonali Bank, Tanor upazila branch in Rajshahi were arrested yesterday for their involvement into embezzlement Tk1.19 crore from the bank.
The arrested were identified as SM Masud Hasan Masud, 35, son of late Kafiluddin of Darikharbana area under city’s Boalia police station and Nazer Hossain, 32, son of Golam Mostafa and his wife Salma Jahan Lima, 28, of Bahrampur Bank Colony area under city’s Rajpara police station.
A team of Rapid Action Battelian (RAB) arrested them conducting several drives at different places in the city early morning.
Lieutenant Colonel Mahbub Alam, captain of RAB-5, said of the arrested, Nazer using his personal password, had withdrawn about Tk1.19 crore from the accounts of rest of the arrested and his father Golam Mostafa early June. Nazer is an IT officer of the bank.
On June 24, the authority of the bank filed two separate cases with the concerned police station and Anti Corruption Commission respectively, Mahbub said.
