BASIC Bank scam: ACC files 3 more cases

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed three more cases with Dhaka's Gulshan Police Station in connection with the swindling of money from state-run Basic Bank.

Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of the police station, confirmed the filing of the cases.

Meanwhile, eleven more cases are set to be filed tonight with Motijheel and Paltan police stations, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.

The ACC last night filed 24 cases against 69 people for allegedly swindling about Tk 781 crore from Basic Bank.

ACC inquiry officials filed 12 of the cases with Gulshan Police Station while eight with Paltan Police Station and four with Motijheel Police Station.

Twenty-two Basic Bank officials were sued in the cases while the remaining are officials of 24 private firms which took loans from Basic Bank showing fake documents.

On Monday, the anti-graft body also filed 18 cases in connection with swindling of around Tk 747 crore from state-run Basic Bank.

ACC Deputy Director Mahbubul Alam and deputy assistant directors AKM Fazle Hossain and Zainal Abedin filed the cases for allegedly plundering the amount from Gulshan and Motijheel local branches of the bank.

On September 9, the ACC approved proposals to file 54 cases against 80-85 individuals, including bank officials.

According to a Bangladesh Bank inquiry, about Tk 4,500 crore was swindled out from Basic Bank in the last six years.