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2 Rupali Bank officers arrested over misappropriating Tk 2.60cr
DHAKA, Feb 11, 2019 (BSS) – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today
arrested two officers immediately after submitting a charge-sheet against
seven officials of Rupali Bank Limited in connection with a case filed for
misappropriating Taka 2.60 crore.
“We arrested two officials of Rupali Bank Limited Md Mahtab Uddin and Md
Kayede Azam as they were charge sheeted accused in a corruption case filed
with Bogura Sadar Police Station on February 7 last year,” deputy director
(public relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee told BSS today.
The accused in connivance with five others charge-sheeted accused in the
case embezzled around Taka 2.60 cr with opening fake OD loan after issuing
six pay orders and preparing duplicate copies of various document of customer
instead of receiving cheque or cash of Taka 2,59,94,776, he also said.
Mahtab and Azam, who committed the corruption while they were
respectively principal officer and officer of Mahasthangar branch of Rupali
Bank Limited. Matab is now working at Joypurhat Branch while Azam at TMSS
branch, Bogura respectively.
The five others charge-sheeted accused in the case are: Md Zobainur
Rahman, former manager (now suspended) of Mahasthangar branch of Bogura, its
former senior officer Israt Jahan (now Mokamtola branch, Bogura, proprietor
of Hossain Traders, Md Azmal Hossain, and proprietor of Mrs Zahid
Construction, Md Mosharraf Hossain.
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