Dhaka, Nov 22 A former Deputy-Director of Sonali Bank on Thursday confessed to a Magistrate in Dhaka that he had helped Hall-Mark Group take Tk 2.08 billion in loan using false documents.
Azizur Rahman admitted his involvement in a confessional statement at the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Keshab Roy Chowdhury.
Rahman was a former Deputy Director of the largest state-owned bank, which came under spotlight after an Anti-Corruption Commission report unearthed a huge scam involving the bank and the rogue group.
ACC's lawyer Mahmud Hossain Jahangir told bdnews24.com that the former bank official made the confessional statement under section 164.
Rahman gave the three-hour statement from 2pm. The ACC filed the case with Ramna Police Station.
He was later sent to jail, pending further proceedings.
According to case details, the group had embezzled around Tk 2.08 billion from the state-owned bank's Ruposhi Bangla branch showing false papers of Anowara Spinning, a subsidiary of the group.
Earlier, Rahman was under a total of 24 hours of remand in three separate cases.
On Nov 14, Hall-Mark Group's Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud and Manager Tushar Ahmed gave confessional statements to the court.
On Oct 4 the ACC filed 11 cases against 27 people including the controversial group's MD and Sonali Bank's former MD Humayun Kabir.
The lists of the accused include 20 officials from the bank and the rest from Hall-Mark Group.
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