The ACC on Sunday submitted charge sheet against 26 people, including former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman and former chairman of Janata Bank Prof Dr Abul Barakat for debt forgery and embezzlement of over Tk 297 crore.
Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Md Akhter Hossain disclosed the information to the journalists at its regular media briefing.
The other prominent accused of the case are former directors of the bank Dr Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Nagibul Islam Dipu, Dr R M Debnath, Abu Hena Mohammad Raji Hassan, former managing director Abdus Salam Azad and managing director of Suprovo Spinning Limited Md Anwar Hossain.
According to the allegations, the accused persons in connivance with each other embezzled Tk 297,38,87,296 from Janata Bank defying guidelines of the memo of understanding and bank rules. They showed the value of a mortgaged land without structure worth about Tk 3,04,96,000 as Tk 6,099 million through overvaluation before registration of it against the name of the loan applicant.
The ACC also dropped the names of director of Suprovo Spinning Limited Md Abu Talha, former managing director of Janata Bank Md Abdul Jabbar and former additional director of Bangladesh Bank Mosammat Ismot Ara Begum as their involvement in the scam was not proved during the investigation.
The ACC initially accused 23 people for the loan scam but six more people were added to the case during its investigation, the ACC DG added.
-BSS
