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ACC arrests 3 bank officials from city

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday arrested three bank officials from the capital in separate graft cases.ACC deputy director Jahangir Alam arrested general manger of ICB Islamic Bank Limited Humayun Kabir and former executive officer of the bank Ashfaqul Hakim in a case filed over loan scam, said ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.On March 1 2007, a case was filed against the bank officials and others for allegedly swindling out Tk 1.84 crore from Kawran Bazar branch of then Oriental Bank Limited (now ICB Islami Bank Limited).Besides, an ACC team, led by its assistant director of Dhaka zila office-1 Monirul Haque, arrested former manager of Janata Bank’s Uttar Khan branch Md Mozahar Ali from the city’s Moghbazar area in a graft case filed against him in 2008.According to first information report, Mozahar Ali withdrew over Tk 5.59 lakh from the bank through transferring money to an account illegally at the branch.