The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two separate cases against Salman Fazlur Rahman, former private industry and investment adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Salman鈥檚 son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman and 35 others on charges of embezzling Tk聽1,174 crore from IFIC Bank.
The anti-graft agency also filed a case against AnonTex Group chairman Md Yunus Badal, and five others for allegedly embezzling Tk聽85 crore while the ACC filed two separate cases against former inspector general of police Nur Mohammad and his wife on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
ACC director general Akhtar Hossain at a briefing said that the cases were filed with the commission鈥檚 integrated district office in Dhaka-1 following approval of the commission.
ACC deputy director Mustafizur Rahman filed a case against 22 people, including Salman, also a former lawmaker from the Dhaka-1 constituency and former chairman of IFIC Bank, the bank鈥檚 managing director and CEO, Syed Munsur Mostafa, and vice-chairman Shayan F Rahman, on charges of embezzling more than Tk聽677 crore from IFIC Bank.
According to the case, the Tk聽618 crore was approved as loan from IFIC Bank in two meetings of the board of directors on March 20 and June 12 in 2024 without any supporting collateral or proper valuation.
The accused allegedly in collusion with each other had withdrawn the money and embezzled. The loan amount along with the interest is now at more than Tk聽677 crore.
The other accused in the case are IFIC Bank鈥檚 former directors Shah Manjurul Haque, Sudhangshu Shekhar Biswas, RM Nazmus Shakib, Kamrun Nahar Ahmed, Ghulam Mostafa and Md Zafar Iqbal.
IFIC Bank鈥檚 former managing director Md Shah Alam Sarwar, deputy managing director Md Rafiqul Islam, former chief business officer Md Nurul Hasnat, former chief information officer Monitur Rahman, head of treasury Md Shahin Uddin, head of credit administration Syed Hasnuzzaman, former head of operations Helal Ahmed, former deputy managing director and chief risk officer Iqbal Parvez Chowdhury and the then chief manager Hossain Shah Ali, acting principal branch in-charge Taslima Akhter and the then relationship manager Sardar Md Mominul Islam are also made accused in this case.
Besides, Alamgir Alam Chowdhury, managing director of Growing Construction and Engineering Ltd, and Syeda Munima Hossain, director of Growing Construction, are also made accused in the case.
ACC deputy director Yasir Arafat filed another case against 17 people, including Salman F Rahman and his son Shayan F Rahman, on charges of misappropriating Tk聽496 crore from IFIC Bank in the name of loan violating rules.
The other accused in the case are former director of IFIC Bank and former mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Md Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, Sultana Monami, director of the paper company named Serve Construction and Engineering BD, and managing director of the company Md Monirul Islam, former managing director of IFIC Bank Md Shah Alam Sarwar, former directors Rabeya Jamali, RM Nazmus Shakib, Kamrun Nahar Ahmed and Md Zafar Iqbal, deputy managing director Md Rafiqul Islam, former deputy managing director Shah Md Moinuddin, former chief business officer and deputy managing director Md Nurul Hasnat, deputy managing director and chief of IT Md Monitur Rahman, head of treasury Md Shahin Uddin, manager of Narayanganj branch Abdur Rahman and Beximco Group deputy manager (corporate finance) Kaushik Kanti Pandit.
The ACC on Tuesday also filed a case against Md Yunus Badal, chairman and managing director of AnonTex Group, and five others for allegedly embezzling Tk 85 crore from the state-run Janata Bank.
According to the case statement, the accused, in collusion with each another, misused their power with dishonest intent, committing forgery, misconduct and breach of trust.
They allegedly approved and disbursed loans in the name of FK Knit Tex Limited, through which a total of Tk 85.20 crore was misappropriated from Janata Bank.
The other accused in the case are Anwarul Islam Ferdous, managing director of FK Knit Tex Limited, Abdus Salam Azad, former branch manager and deputy general manager of Janata Bank鈥檚 Corporate Branch in Dhaka, Azmul Haque, former assistant general manager, Ajay Kumar Ghosh, former first AGM and Md Shahjahan, former executive engineer.
The ACC filed two cases against Nur Mohammad, also a former lawmaker from the Kishoreganj-2 constituency, and his wife Ismat Ara Begum on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
ACC deputy assistant director Abu Md Anwarul Masud filed the cases with the commission鈥檚 integrated district office in Dhaka-1.
Nur Mohammad is accused of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽1.16 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk聽16.42 crore in his 17 bank accounts.
Ismat Ara is charged with amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 1.14 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk聽18.95 crore in her 21 bank accounts.
