The Anti-Corruption Commission will soon file a case against former deputy general manager of Sonali Bank Limited AKM Azizur Rahman on charge of accumulation of illegal wealth.
“During its primary inquiry, the anti-graft body has found that the official had concealed information in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC.
On the basis of the findings a regular meeting of the commission yesterday approved of filing a case against the Sonali Bank official,” an ACC official said.
ACC sources said the inquiry had found that the official had accumulated wealth worth Tk1.71crore through illegal means and had concealed information on his properties.
Azizur Rahman is a key accused of Hallmark Group scam. He reportedly played a key role in the Hallmark graft.
The Sonali Bank official who was suspended from his service on June 6, 2012 after the scam surfaced and was arrested the same year in a case filed by the ACC for his involvement in embezzling Tk1,568 crore from the bank by Hallmark Group.
According to the ACC investigation, the Hallmark Group has embezzled the money from the Sonali Bank Ruposhi Bangla Branch during the tenure of Azizur Rahman.
ACC questioned three high officials of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) in relation to its inquiry against Expatriates’ Welfare Secretary Khondaker Showkat Hossain for acquiring plots from the Rajuk by abusing power.
ACC Deputy Director Jatan Kumer Ray questioned former joint secretary Nazmul Hai, Rajuk Assistant Director Hafizur Rahman and Office Assistant Sahidul Islam at the ACC headquarters in Shegunbagicha in the capital, an official said.
Showkat was scheduled to be interrogated today but he did not appear before the commission as he is now in abroad and had informed the commission that he would appear before it on May 25.
