2 arrested over BASIC Bank loan scam

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested two businessmen from the district town early Saturday in connection with Tk-70 crore loan scam at BASIC Bank.

 

The arrestees were identified as M Sarwar Jahan and his brother Shamim Ahmed Suja, directors of MRL Auto Bricks in Jamalpur, according to UNB report.

 

An ACC team, led by its deputy director M Ibrahim, also investigation officer of the case, arrested Sarwar and Shamim from Sankanda and Station Road areas of the district town around 12:15 am, ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told media.

 

Earlier, the anti-graft watch dog also arrested Syed Hasibul Goni, a director of the company, in the same case.

 

The ACC filed a case against 14 people, including bank officials and businessmen, with Paltan Police Station in the capital on September 23 last year for misappropriating Tk 70 crore from the capital’s Shantinagar branch of the bank.