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Download PDF The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sued Beximco Holdings Ltd Chairman Sohel F Rahman, Vice-Chairman Salman F Rahman and eight others on charges of fraudulently obtaining a bank loan that now stands at Tk 191.39 crore.
Taken out from the Arab Bangladesh Bank Ltd in 1998, the loan had been rescheduled several times before it reached the current figure.
The other accused in the fraud are former managing directors of Arab Bangladesh Bank CM Koyes Sami and Abu Hanif, former officials MA Awal and Tawhidul Islam, Beximco Holdings Ltd Directors Iqbal Ahmed, MA Qasem, Osman Kaiser Chowdhury and ex-official Binoy Krishna Nath.
ACC Assistant Director Mahbubul Alam filed the case with the Motijheel Police Station where he alleged that the accused showed 151.51 acres of Gazipur land as security for the loan, though the lands belonged to the government and locals.
The former bank officials have been made accused as they provided the loan without checking the documents that later turned out to be forged.
Earlier on Sunday, the anti-graft body filed a case against ex-managing director of Shinepukur Holdings Ltd Mahmudur Rahman, its chairman Sohel F Rahman, Vice-Chairman Salman F Rahman and four others for defrauding Sonali Bank of over Tk 108 crore.
Our CU Correspondent reports: ACC yesterday pressed charges against former Jamaat lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury of concealing information in his wealth statement and former foreign minister M Morshed Khan’s son Faisal Morshed Khan for abetting him in the act.
ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Jahangir Alam submitted the charge sheet to Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Shahidur Rahman Akand.
Earlier on July 1, another deputy director, Abul Kalam Azad, filed the case with city’s Bandar Police Station.
Shahjahan Chowdhury in his wealth statement submitted on February 20 claimed that he had property worth Tk 2.41 lakh while an ACC investigation found it to be valued at Tk 3.41 lakh.
Besides, a sport utility vehicle worth Tk 1.5 crore was seized from his possession.
According to the charge sheet, Faisal Morshed, managing director of the Pacific Motors, helped Shahjahan to open a current bank account with the AB Bank Mohakhali branch.
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