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Tk 5cr swindled from Commerce Bank

A sum of Tk 5 crore was allegedly misappropriated by a Bangladesh Commerce Bank (BCB) official working at Khatunganj branch in the port city.
As a subscriber of the bank went to the branch on Monday to draw his money, he found that nearly Tk 7 million has been missing.
This information spread among the subscribers hurriedly. Hearing to this, the depositors of the bank rushed to the bank and checked their accounts.
They found that more than Tk 5crore was missing from 25 accounts with the branch.
Later, the subscribers demonstrated in front of the branch and seized the Branch Manager.
Sources concerned said that Second Officer of the branch, Moinuddin Ahmed, is absent from the office since Sunday without notice.
Primarily, the authorities suspected the second officer in this regard.
They have also constituted a committee to probe into the incident.