The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday interrogated nine officials of Sonali Bank in connection with the much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam. A seven-member investigation team, led by its deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibly, interrogated them as witnesses of the swindling cases at the Commission head office, ACC sources said. The bank officials who faced grilling today are senior executive officers Sirajul Islam, Azizul Haque Chowdhury, AKM Monsur Rahman Manik and Sohrab Hossain, executive officers M Assaduzzaman, Hania Ahmad and Shafiqul Islam, AGM Abul Bashar and AGM Mukhleasur Rahman. On December 8, the graft watchdog also quizzed six officials of Sonali Bank — general managers ANM Mashrurul Huda Siraji, and Sabita Siraj and DGM Kanish Fatema, AGM Ashraf Ali Patwari, AGM Kamrul Hossain Khan and AGM Khurshid Alam. On January 1 this year, the ACC filed 26 cases against 35 officials of Sonali Bank and five business firms for swindling out over Tk 350 crore (funded) from the Ruposhi Bangla branch of the bank. The five business entities are T & Brothers Limited, Paragon Knit Composite Limited, Nakshi Knit Composite Limited, Khan Jahan Ali Sweaters Limited and DN Sports Limited. The business firms swindled the money in between October 2011 and May 2012. – UNB
