The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday filed 12 cases against 53 people for embezzlement of Tk 990.03 crore out of a total of Tk 1,200 crore from five banks by Bismillah Group.
Five ACC officials led by its deputy director Syed Iqbal Hossain filed the cases with Motijheel, Ramna and New Market Police Stations.
Briefing reporters at commission media center, Syed Iqbal said the cases were filed after approval of the probe report by the commission on Wednesday.
He said the people committed the scam by showing fake documents in the name of export and import business.
The ACC official said the owner and managing director of Bismillah Group Khaja Solaiman Chowdhury himself committed the loan scandal from five banks by opening fake institutions abroad and in disguise of buyer from the same institution.
He said Solaiman Chowdhury embezzled the money by showing himself both buyer and seller.
“We have filed the cases for swindled Tk 990.3 crore (funded) and 184.43 crore (non-funded),” he added.
The cases was filed against 13 Bismillah Group bosses, 12 Janata Bank officials, eight Prime Bank officials, seven Premier Bank officials, five Jamuna Bank officials and seven Shahjalal Islami Bank officials.
The Bismillah Group officials, who were sued are — director Khwaja Solaiman Anwar Choudhury, its chairperson Nowrin Hasib, also Solaiman’s wife, directors Safiqul Anwar Choudhury, also Solaiman’s father, Abida Hasib, Nahid Anwar Khan, Khandakar M Moinuddin Ashraf and Sarwar Jahan, deputy managing director Akbar Aziz Muttaki, general managers Abul Hossain Choudhury, Riaz Uddin Ahmed, Network Framework System Limited chairman M Akter Hossain, Express and Faridpur Shipping Line Limited owner M Moin Uddin, and owner of Bay Yearn Limited Ghulam Moinuddin Ahmed.
Janata Bank officials are bank’s Ramna corporate branch manager Abdus Salam Azad, deputy general managers Azmul Haque and SM Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, assistant general managers Jesmin Akter, Ajoy Kumar Ghosh, Faizur Rahman Bhuiyan and Mustak Ahmed Khan, senior executive officers Syed Joynul Abdin, Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, SM Shoyeb-ul-Kabir and Atiqur Rahman and former Magbazar branch manager Rafiqul Alam.
Prime Bank officials, who were prosecuted are—branch managers Mozammel Hussain and Khondakar Iqbal Hossain, vice-precedent M Ibrahim Hossain Gazi, assistant vice-presidents Kazi Khairul Islam and ABM Sahjahan, senior executive officers M Iqbal Azim Quadri, AKM Jan-e-Alam and M Abul Kalam.
The commission also sued Premier Bank senior assistant vice-president Mohammad Sahinur Rahman, former deputy manager GM Sahadat Hossain, first assistant vice-president MA Rahim, deputy manager Sahabuddin Sardar, former credit in-charge M Tanzibul Alam and former executive officers Abu Selah Arifur Rahman and Tabassum.
Jamuna Bank senior assistant vice-presidents Rafiqul Hasan and M Murshedur Rahman, senior executive officers Jahidul Islam, M Mojammal Hossain and ASM Mashuk were also sued.
Shahjalal Islami Bank’s officials, who were prosecuted are former branch manager M Aslamul Haque, former deputy general manager Hasanul Kabir, senior executive officer M Shahidul Islam, junior executive officer Mannatul Mawla, former senior executive vice-president M Ghulam Waahab, first assistant vice-president Munir Hossain and senior vice-presidents Dulal Hossain and Anisul Kabir.
An ACC official said that the group in connivance with a section of bank officials embezzled Tk 392.57 crore from Janata Bank, Tk 306.22 crore from Prime Bank, Tk 163.79 crore from Jamuna Bank, Tk 148.79 crore from Shahjalal Islami Bank and Tk 62.97 crore from Premier Bank in three years.
The five-member probe team led by the Syed Iqbal filed the cases after carrying out an eight-month long inquiry.
During the inquiry, the probe team has interrogated Jamil Hasan Durjoy, son of Awami League lawmaker Rahmat Ali, and Mohammad Ali, son of AL lawmaker Subid Ali Bhuiyan.
Syed Iqbal however said that the probe team did not find their involvement with the scam.
“We will further scrutiny the matter in the investigation level’, he added.
He said that two lawmaker’s sons paid director of the Bismillah Group but they were not linked with banking tusk on behalf of the group. – Staff Reporter
