BASIC Bank loan fraud: ACC summons Bachchu

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned former Basic Bank chairman Abdul Hye Bachchu for interrogating over a loan fraud of the bank.

Bachchu and 10 others have been asked to appear at the ACC headquarters on December 4, ACC deputy director (Media) Pranab Kumer Bhattacharya said on Thursday.

On July 26, The High Court directed the ACC to probe against Bachchu and other members of the board of directors of BASIC Bank in a case of 56 cases filed by the anti-corruption body over a massive loan scam.

The court gave the ACC 60 days to complete investigation and to submit the probe report.

Earlier, the ACC filed 56 cases at three police stations in Dhaka, accusing 156 individuals. But the name of Bachchu was absent on the list of suspects.

In February 2016, Finance Minister AMA Muhith claimed the investigation found evidence of Bachchu’s involvement in the scam.