ACC summons 2 ex-BB officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned two former officials of Bangladesh Bank to grill them over the misappropriation of Tk 2,500 crore by PK Halder from the International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) through fake companies.

The anti-graft watchdog asked former deputy governor SK Sur and executive director Shah Alam to appear at the ACC headquarters in Segunbagicha on March 29. Separate notices were sent to the residential addresses of the two former central bank officials on Thursday in this regard, sources at the ACC said.

ACC’s Deputy Director Gulshan Anowar Prodhan is investigating the matter.

Officials at the anti-graft watchdog said a total of 22 cases were filed against Prasanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, a former managing director of the erstwhile NRB Global Bank, now Global Islami Bank, and Reliance Finance Limited, along with his associates, over the embezzlement of money from ILFSL.

Besides, 13 cases were also filed against Halder and his aides for misappropriation of money from another non-banking financial institution — FAS Finance and Investment Ltd.

So far, ACC has frozen assets worth around Tk 1,000 crore.

Meanwhile, the commission arrested 12 people, including ILFSL former managing director Rashedul Haque and FAS Finance former managing director Russell Shahriar, in connection with the cases.