ACC summons Agrani Bank MD, former directors over possible Tk 2.7bn loan scam

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will question the managing director and former board members of Agrani Bank over a Tk 2.7 billion loan issued against dubious papers.

It summoned them to appear at its offices on Jun 20, 21 and 22, said ACC Public Relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya on Wednesday.  

They will be questioned over the loan issued to Mizanur Rahman, owner of Moon Group of Industries, he told bdnews24.com. 

Fourteen members of its board of directors have been summoned in a letter signed by Deputy Director Benzir Ahmed.  

They are Arastoo Khan (former), Abdus Sabur, Manjurul Haque Lablu, AK Golam Kibria, Balram Poddar, Md Abdur Rouf, Altaf Hossain Molla, Ranjit Kumar Chakraborty, ABM Kamrul Islam, Nagibul Islam Dipu, Shekhar Dutt, Zakir Hossain, Shahjada Mohiuddin and Abu Sufian.

Managing Director Syed Abdul Hamid has been summoned along with his deputy managing directors Syed Mizanur Khan and Syed Bajlul Karim. 

The loan was issued to three companies – Moon International Printing Press, Messrs Moon Bangladesh Ltd and Messrs MR Traders – from Agrani Bank’s Motijheel branch in 2014. 

The ACC began investigation after it was alleged that the papers their owner Mizanur Rahman had used to secure the loan were forged. 

The watchdog has also been investigating loan scams in state-owned Sonali and BASIC Bank.