Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested a principal officer of Dhaka Bank’s Feni branch for allegedly embezzling over Tk 7.8 crore.

Acting on a tip-off, a four-member team of the anti-corruption watchdog carried out a drive in Kakrail area of Dhaka and arrested Golam Syed Raseb, said a press release of the ACC.

The arrestee embezzled Tk 7.8 crore from accounts of around 38 clients when he was a loan officer of the branch between 2018 and March 2019, the release said.

Aktar Hossain, manager of the branch lodged a case against Raseb in this connection with Feni Police Station on March 19, 2019.