Bismillah Group scam: ACC okays charge sheet against 14

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today approved a charge sheet against 14 people, including Bismillah Group’s Managing Director Khaza Solaiman Anwar Chowdhury, for embezzling Tk 110 crore from Shahjalal Islami Bank.

Nine of them are employees of Bismillah Group, four of Shahjalal Islami Bank and the rest one is of Network Frame System Ltd’s Chairman Akhter Hossain, an ACC official said.

The accused include Soleman’s wife and group’s Chairman Nawrin Hasib, Solaiman’s mother Sarwar Jahan, former manager of Eskaton Branch of Shahjalal Islami Bank Aslamul Haq and former deputy manager ASM Hasanul Kabir.

The controversial group swindled the money with the help of bank officials between June 2006 and October 2012.

Assistant Director of the anti-graft body Gulshan Anwar, who prepared the charge sheet, said, “We will submit it to the court next week.”