A Dhaka court on Sunday imposed travel ban on four officials of Premier Bank PLC for allegedly misappropriating Tk 3,000 crore from the bank.
Judge Mohammad As-Shams Jaglul Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court passed the order following a prayer submitted by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir confirmed the matter to the Daily Observer on Sunday evening.
Those who will face the ban order are Shahid Hasan Mallik, Additional Managing Director of the bank, Mushfiqul Alam, Vice President, Deepak Kumar Debnath of Foreign Exchange Branch and Mehedi Hasan Sarker, Credit In charge of the bank. The accused officials issued false loan in favour of 43 garments industries through irregularity, forgery and corruption and they misappropriated the money. In this regard the ACC formed a three-member enquiry committee to carry out inquiry against them.
Md Mostafizur Rahman, Deputy Director of ACC, also inquiry team chief submitted a prayer before
the court to issue travel ban against them as he apprehended that they may leave the country.
