The Anti-Corruption Commission investigation team that looked into the BASIC Bank loan scam has been asked to appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Ministry next Thursday.
A letter from the national parliament secretariat, dated January 17 and addressed to ACC Secretary Abu Md Mustafa Kamal, asked the probe team to appear before the standing committee at 11am on January 28, said a senior ACC official seeking anonymity.
The investigation team was called to provide updates on their probe into the BASIC Bank loan scam, the official added.
On September 8 last year, the probe team submitted its report, but did not accuse the bank’s chairman Abdul Hai Bachchu.
At the time, the chairman of the parliamentary body, Abdur Razzak, expressed his disappointment over this exclusion, saying the ACC had failed to include Bachchu’s name in their report even though BASIC Bank had provided proof regarding the ex-chairman’s involvement with the loan scam.
However, a well-placed source at the commission told the Dhaka Tribune that the ACC has still not decided whether to appear before the parliamentary committee or not.
The commission has already filed 56 cases against 156 accused with police stations in Paltan, Motijheel, and Gulshan, accusing them of pocketing Tk2,009 crore through the loan scam.
In the FIR, the ACC said the commission had not found any involvement of the Board of Directors at BASIC Bank, but would take action if their links were later found.
Officials of the investigation team are deputy directors Morshed Alam, Mohammad Ibrahim, Hritik Saha, Assistant Director Samshul Alam, Deputy Assistant Director Fajle Hossain and Mohammad Jainul Abedin. ACC Director Nur Mohammad and deputy director Syed Iqbal Hossain.
