Time Digital Reports: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday approved a case against 10 people, including Bikalpadhara Bangladesh secretary general Abdul Mannan, over their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of about Tk 83.89 crore from a non-banking financial institution.
Confirming the matter, ACC secretary Mahbub Hossain told reporters that Mannan, also a former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited, with the assistance of nine other people, allegedly embezzled the amount from BIFCL.
The ACC secretary said that the people embezzled the amount in 2009 in the name of M/s Telecom Service Enterprise.
The remaining suspects in the case are Telecom Service Enterprise owner Sirajul Islam, BIFCL directors Abbas Uddin Ahmed, AMM Jahangir Alam, and Rois Uddin Ahmed, its former managing director Mahmud Malik, former deputy managing director Enamur Rahman, former senior vice-president Syed Fakre Faysal, former assistant vice-president Ahmed Kabir Chowdhury and its former senior officer Mohammad Nazim Uddin.
The commission earlier submitted charge sheets against Mannan and others in respective courts in two cases over embezzlement of about Tk 14.67 crore from the BIFCL.
According to the ACC, Mannan, also a lawmaker, allegedly misappropriated Tk 600 crore by taking a loan from the BIFCL.
The High Court in the past month asked the ACC to submit a report by February 5 about action against 249 Bangladesh Bank officials, including nine former high-ups, involved in various financial scams worth Tk 3,700 crore.
According to a Bangladesh Bank report, of the total Tk 3,700 crore, Prashanta Kumar Halder, now detained in India, misappropriated Tk 3,130 crore by taking a loan from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited, while Mannan misappropriated Tk 600 crore by taking a loan from the BIFCL.
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