ACC quizzes 7 BB officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday has quizzed seven top officials of Bangladesh Bank over Hall-Mark loan scam.

An ACC investigation team led-by ACC Senior Deputy Director Mir Joynul Abedin Shibli quizzed them at Anti-Corruption Commission Headquarters in the capital. The officials are Joint Director Monir Ahmed Sikdar, Deputy Director Anwar Hossain, Assistant Director Muhammad Abdullah-Al-Mamun, Deputy Director Rezaul Islam, Deputy Director Hasan Askari Bhuiyan, Joint Director Siddikur Rahman and Deputy Director Kazi Arifur Rahman. ACC filed 38 cases over the Hall-Mark loan scam. Amongst those, 27 cases were filed for embezzling Tk 372 crore. Besides, the investigation is underway in the case of embezzling Tk 3,606 crore from state-run Sonali Bank with the help of bank’s high-ups by little-known Hall-Mark Group and five other companies. On October 7, the ACC submitted charge sheet against 26 suspects in 11 cases for embezzling Tk 1,568 crore. A central bank probe found that Sonali Bank high-ups, including a deputy managing director, a general manager and the branch manager, were directly involved in the scam.