Paltan police on Tuesday arrested Atiqur Rahman, a deputy managing director of the state owned Sonali Bank, for his alleged involvement in the Hall-Mark loan scam.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharja, deputy director of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), told the Dhaka Tribune police arrested Rahman, who is an OSD (officer on special duty) following a high court order around 4pm.
He was questioned by ACC deputy director Mir Md Zainul Abedin Shibli at the commission’s office and then taken to Paltan police station, where he remains under in custody.
“We will interrogate him again on Wednesday, and then he will be taken before a court for further action,” said Pranab.
On October 4 last year, the ACC filed 11 cases against 27 people, including Rahman, Hall-Mark Group’s Managing Director Tanvir Mahmood, chairman Jesmin Islam, general manager Tushar Ahmed and a former manager of the Sonali Bank’s branch at Ruposhi Bangla, AKM Azizur Rahman.
The Hall-Mark Group and five other companies are accused of using forged documents to take out loans worth Tk35.47b from Sonali Bank’s Ruposhi Bangla (formerly Hotel Sheraton) branch between January 2010 and May 2012.
Hall-Mark Group, reportedly invested part of the amount, around Tk4b and the remainder was shared amongst all the accused.
