ACC to quiz senior Sonali Bank officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will quiz six top level officials of the state-run Sonali Bank in connection with their alleged involvement in embezzling Tk 372 crore from Ruposhi Bangla Branch of the bank.The commission on Wednesday served notices to interrogate them over the allegation.
The commission fixed December 8 to quiz Sonali Bank former general managers-Noni Gopal Nath, Sabita Siraj and ANM Masrurul Huda Siraji, and assistant general managers-Ashraf Ali Patwary, M Kamrul Islam Khan and M Saiful Hasan.
The ACC also served notices to top officials of T & Brothers Limited, Paragon Knit Composite Limited, Nakshi Knit Composite Limited and Khan Jahan Ali Sweaters Limited and DN Sports Limited to quiz them in this connection.
Sources alleged that the Sonali Bank officials were involvement with embezzlement of around Tk 372 crore by five so-called companies from the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch of the bank.
The commission in January this year filed as many as 26 cases against 18 senior executives of five companies and 17 officials of Sonali Bank over their alleged involvement in swindling of the bank’s money breaking banking rules between October 2011 and May 2012, said a deputy director of the ACC – Staff Reporter