A Chattogram court on Sunday sent three bankers of Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Argabad branch to jail after they surrendered before it over a Tk 600 million loan scam case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against six people with Doublemooring police station on March 5 for misappropriating around Tk 600 million of Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Argabad branch between September 2010 to October 2011.
Mohammad Shamsul Alam, the then senior Principal officer Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Argabad branch, incumbent SAVP and senior branch manager of NRB Global Bank Ltd, Khatunganj branch in the city, Aminur Rashid, the then Principal officer Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Argabad branch, incumbent SAVP Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Jubilee road branch and Sohel Rana, the then executive officer Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Argabad branch, incumbent senior Principal officer Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Khatungonj Branch, were sent to jail after they surrendered and sought bail before the court of Jannatul Ferdouse Chowdhury, fifth Chittagong Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge.
According to the case statement, the accused misappropriated about Tk 600 million in the name of purchasing 14,197 metric tonnes of iron between-September 2010 and October 2011. The syndicate forged all loan documents and submitted them to Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Argabad branch on behalf of one Harunur Rashid, Managing Director of National Iron and Steel Industries Limited.
The then senior Principal officer Shamsul Alam, the then Principal officer, Aminur Rashid, and the then executive officer Sohel Rana of Al Arafa Islami Bank Limited, Argabad branch, approved and forwarded the documents to the higher authorities concerned.
The syndicate then withdrawn around Tk 600 million from the bank between September 2010 and October 2011, it added, reports BSS.