Also Read- 'Some Bangladesh Bank officials involved in heist'
Unconfirmed reports this week suggested that two Iranian nationals were caught red-handed at a BB cash counter this week while attempting to steal money from a Bangladeshi. CCTV footage showed the Iranians stealing Tk1 lakh from a female customer. The duo was later handed over to Motijheel police.
A few weeks before, a State Bank of India staff member was detained inside the premises for stealing Tk5 lakh from the vault.
Terming the incidents as “miniscule and random,” BB spokesperson Subhankar Saha said if the burglars were able to make their way out of the building without being detected, then he would have considered the security system in place to be "weak.”Also Read- Bangladesh not suing anyone over BB heist
Former BB governor Dr Salahuddin Ahmed, however, was rather alarmed about the incidents. “No one should be allowed to enter the central bank without prior permission from the officials concerned,” he told the Bangla Tribune. A Bangladesh Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe report says a person called Nilavannan, posing as a SWIFT representative, stole the credentials required to make the international transaction from the Motijheel building’s secured area in November last year. The CID report also points fingers at 23 foreigners involved in the heist. In March this year, then central bank governor Atiur Rahman had to resign in the wake of the cyber heist, the largest in global banking history.
