Swindling of Tk 40.83cr
Three bank staff among 22 sued
A senior official of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) sued 22 people including three officials of the bank following the allegation of swindling Tk 40.83 crore out of customers at its Bogra branch.
Md Shariful Islam, senior vice-president of the bank, lodged the case with Bogra Sadar police station on Wednesday night.
He alleged that the branch's Manager Rafiqul Islam, first assistant vice president Atikul Kabir and senior executive officer Mahbubur Rahman assisted the 19 businessmen by channelling the money to their accounts from October 23, 2008 to November 3, this year by showing fake deposits.
Earlier, in November this year, local businessmen Md Arif Rezwan, son Md Abu Bakkar Siddique, proprietor of M/S AB Siddique and Abdul Quddus, proprietor of M/S Abdul Quddus and Brothers, raised the allegation of channelling the money from their bank accounts at the branch.
The businessmen also alleged the SIBL audit committee chairman Sultan Mahmud Chowdhury was involved in the scam.
The bank formed two committees consisted of its 10 officials to probe the allegation. The Bangladesh Bank also launched separate investigation.
The probe bodies found that the businessmen including Firoz Ahmed, Altaf Hossain Mamun, Mahbubur Rahman, and Jahurul Haque Momin were involved in the scam.
Contacted, businessman Mahbubur Rahman denied his involvement saying that “to take bank loans, sometimes we gave our cheques books to the bank officials on good faith”.
“We also deal with other banks in the same manner”, he added.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments