Cheque forgery: 3 Sonali Bank officials held in Pirojpur

Three officials of Sonali Bank Ltd were arrested in Pirojpur today in a case filed over cheque forgery.

Shubhas Chandro Chakroborty and Md Ruhul Amin, senior principal officers (SPO) of Pirojpur regional office, and Abdur Rahman, principal officer (PO) of Pirojpur branch of Sonali Bank, were arrested from their offices around 11:30am.

Members of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested the trio in the case filed on charge of withdrawing of Tk 58.88 lakh with false cheques.

Akter Hossain, ACC director of Barisal regional office, said that they found involvement of six Sonali Bank officials including the arrestees in the case filed with Pirojpur Sadar Police Station in 2012.