The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today (November 25) questioned five senior officials of Islami Bank as part of its investigation into allegations of loan fraud involving the S Alam Group and its associates, amounting to thousands of crores of taka.

The quiz began at 10:30 a.m. at the CAC headquarters in Dhaka, led by deputy director of investigator Yasser Arafat, and ended at 2:30 p.m.

However, none of the officials spoke to the media after the session.

Those interviewed include Islami Bank Executive Committee Chairman Prof Md Selim Uddin, Directors Prof Md Sirajul Karim and Khurshid-Ul-Alam, Executive Committee Member Nazmul Hasan and Board Member Secretary Sharia law, Dr. Abdus Samad.

Ahsanul Alam, son of S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and former Chairman of Islami Bank, Director Prof Dr Kazi Shahidul Alam, Independent Director and Executive Committee Member Dr Md Fasiul Alam and Vice Chairman Dr Tanveer Ahmed were also summoned but they did not appear.

According to CAC sources, those responsible were summoned on November 11.

Separately, 17 senior officials of Bangladesh Bank were summoned before the ACC on December 8 and 9 with verified copies of their identity documents and passports.

The ACC also requested information on Islami Bank’s loan monitoring activities related to accounts such as Murad Enterprise (Chaktai branch), United Super Traders (Jubilee Road branch) and Century Food Products (Chaktai branch). Khatunganj).

The allegations claim that entities like Murad Enterprise, owned by Golam Sarwar Chowdhury, and others obtained loans from Islami Bank worth thousands of crores of taka, which were later misappropriated.

This investigation follows a previous ACC investigation launched on August 21 into money laundering allegations against S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, also known as S Alam.