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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against 12 people, including Bangladesh Industrial Financial Company Ltd (BIFC) former chairman Major (Retd) Abdul Mannan, on charges of embezzling Tk 9.77 crore.
ACC Deputy Director Abdul Majed filed the case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1, ACC Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain told journalists at the ACC headquarters in Dhaka.
Mahbub Hossain said the BIFC chairman, directors and officials in collusion with each other distributed Tk 16 crore as a loan to Rizia Sultana, the owner of M/s Telecom Service Enterprise without a security deposit and mortgage.
He said there is an allegation of embezzling money of Tk 9.77 crore from the BIFC against the 12 people, and they have also transferred the money to different bank accounts.
The others accused are BIFC former chairman Major (Retd) Abdul Mannan, also Bikalpadhara Bangladesh secretary general, its Directors Abbas Uddin Ahmed, ANM Jahangir Alam, Rois Uddin Ahmed, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Rokeya Ferdous.
BIFC former managing director Md Mahmud Malik, former deputy managing director Enamur Rahman, former senior vice-president Syed Fakre Faysal, former AVP Ahmed Karim Chowdhury, former senior officer Md Nizam Uddin and Rizia Sultana are also among the accused.
Earlier on November 14, ACC also approved a case against 10 people, including Bikalpadhara Bangladesh Secretary General Abdul Mannan, over their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of about Tk 83.89 crore from a non-banking financial institution.
