HC queries about actions taken against Tk 3,700 crore scammers

The High Court today wanted to know what action has been taken against the persons, including five deputy governors of Bangladesh Bank, who were reportedly involved in the financial scam of Tk 3,700 crore.

The court asked Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik and Anti-Corruption Commission's Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan to get the information from Bangladesh Bank and present it by October 27.

The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat Lizu passed the order on a suomuto (voluntary) move following a report published on the daily Kalbela on October 17.

The report said 249 officials, including five deputy governors of Bangladesh Bank, have responsibility in the financial scams of Bangladesh Industrial Financial Company Limited (BIFC) and International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), the Kalbela report said.

With the help of these officials of three departments of the central bank, Prashanta Kumar Halder or PK Halder and Major (retd) Abdul Mannan, secretary general of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh, embezzled a hefty amount of money, which was revealed in a report of a high-powered probe committee formed at the directive of the High Court, the Kalbela report added.

Out of the Tk 3,700 crore embezzled, Tk 3,130 crore was taken from ILFSL against the name of PK Halder, who is currently imprisoned in India, and his various organisations.

From BIFC, Mannan and his organisation embezzled Tk 600 crore.