The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday interrogated five officials of FAS Finance and Investment Limited for their alleged link with fugitive PK Halder, who is facing a charge of laundering several thousand crores of taka.
PK Halder, former managing director of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), has been accused of embezzling the money from different financial institutions, including FAS Finance.
The five FAS officials include one of its former managing directors, said ACC sources.
ACC team led by Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan interrogated them at the ACC head office in the capital’s Segunbagicha area.
ACC officials said they quizzed the five FAS officials in connection with the case of alleged embezzlement of around Tk 1,300 crore from FAS Finance using 20 name-only companies.
Those questioned are former managing director and chief executive officer Md Russell Shahriar, deputy managing director Md Nurul Haque Gazi, directors MA Hafeez, Md Abul Shahjahan, and Arun Kumar Kundu.
Earlier on Monday, FAS Finance’s assistant managers Niaz Ahmed Farooqi and Deepak Kumar Chakraborty, former SVP and head of corporate finance Md Jahangir Alam Bhuiyan, principal branch manager Tanvir Ahmed Kamal, ICC and recovery head Md Monir Hossain, senior officer Mausumi Pal, manager Ahsan Rakib, former senior officer Tasnia Tahsin Rosalin, vice-president Mir Imadul Haque, former VP and CFO Md Moniruzzaman Akand, former SVP and head of SME Finance Md Azimul Haque, former ESVP and CDA head Pran Gourango Dey were also quizzed.
ACC officials said former chairman Md Siddiqur Rahman, vice-chairman Md Jahangir Alam, directors Kazi Mahjabin Mumtaz, Mahfuza Rahman Baby, Soma Ghosh, Udbhav Mallick, Atarul Islam, Anjan Kumar Ghosh, Pradeep Kumar Nandi, Satya Gopal Poddar and Md Mostafa, and independent directors Birendra Kumar Som and Mostafa Aminur Rashid will also be questioned.
They said the ACC team will also grill Greenline Development Ltd managing director Milon Kumar Das and chairman Delwar Hossain, G&G Enterprise owner Gopal Chandra Ganguly, and Tamim & Talha Brothers Ltd managing director Munirul Islam.