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Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against 58 individuals, including the son of S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, for embezzling Tk 1,092 crore from the Chaktai branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) in Chattogram.
The accused include Ahsanul Alam, son of S Alam Group chairman; 34 bank officials, including former IBBL managing director and directors; as well as owners of borrower companies, ACC Deputy Director (Public Relations) Aktarul Islam told UNB.
ACC Deputy Director and investigation team leader Md Yasser Arafat filed the case with ACC coordinated office Chattogram-1.
The accused include Ahsanul Alam, Fasiul Alam, Kazi Shahidul Alam, Sirajul Kabir, Joynal Abedin, former director Md Selim Uddin, former vice-president Tanvir Ahmed, nominee director Syed Abu Asad, Chaktai branch head and assistant vice-president Monzur Hasan, Chaktai branch manager Ahsan Ullah, and the proprietor of Murad Enterprise, Gulam Sarwer Chowdhury.
The case statement said that the Chaktai branch of the bank disbursed Tk 966.65 crore in loans to Murad Enterprise on November 23, 2021, without receiving valid documents. The loan was approved in just six days without conducting a proper investigation after the company opened an account at the branch, it said.
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