ACC sues Islami Bank director

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and its audit committee chairman ANM Borhan Uddin for allegedly acquiring illegal wealth.

 

ACC deputy director Shamsul Alam filed the case against him with Motijheel Police Station in the capital, Commission’s public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, reports the UNB.

 

According to the first information report (FIR), Borhan Uddin deposited over Tk 14 crore to five bank accounts at Shahjalal Islami Bank, ICB Islami Bank Limited and Islami Bank Limited in his name, and his wife’s name and the name of an unknown person, Mohammad Ayes Uddin, during 2008 to 2015.

 

He transferred the money to the bank accounts through 12 people and later withdrew it. But Borhan Uddin did not able to show the sources of the money to the ACC during its probe, the FIR said.

 

On February 17, 2016, the national anti-graft body interrogated him in connection with the graft allegation.

 

The case was filed under the Money Laundering Prevention Act 1212.