The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against two Dutch-Bangla Bank officials and the head of an NGO for allegedly embezzling Tk 2.5 crore using a fake guarantor in Chattogram.
On Sunday morning, Sub-Assistant Director Muhammad Hamed Reza of ACC’s Chattogram Coordinated District Office-1 filed the case.
The accused are Mohammad Imam Hossain Chowdhury, CEO of NGO Nowzuwan; retired branch manager K M Ejaz of Dutch-Bangla Bank’s Muradpur branch; and Kaushik Roy Chowdhury, former loan officer of the same branch and currently SEO at the Corporate Credit Administration Division of Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC’s Agrabad Unit at the head office.
ACC Deputy Director Subel Ahmed said the case was filed under Section 5(2) of the 1947 Prevention of Corruption Act, along with relevant sections of the Penal Code. He also said investigators will take action against any new suspects identified during the probe.
According to the charge sheet, in 2015, Imam Hossain Chowdhury applied for a Tk5 crore loan at the Muradpur branch. He used a piece of land as collateral and claimed it belonged to his NGO member Faridul Hasan.
However, branch manager Ejaz and loan officer Kaushik failed to verify the ownership. They verbally identified the fake guarantor, accepted the forged deed, and approved a Tk 2.5 crore loan. Investigators later learned that the person presented as Faridul Hasan was not the real owner.
A fake individual had used the actual owner’s name, a national ID card, and forged documents to complete the mortgage deed. Imam Hossain Chowdhury himself brought the fake “Faridul Hasan” to the bank during the process.
Later, verification by the Senior District Election Office confirmed that the man shown as the mortgager was an impostor. Therefore, investigators concluded that the loan was approved — and the money embezzled — through collusion, fraud, and forgery.
