ACC fails to find lockers of 25 officials at Bangladesh Bank

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) failed to find the safe deposit lockers of 25 officials, including former Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder. A team led by ACC Director Kazi Sayemuzzaman came for this special operation on Sunday.

Bangladesh Bank Spokesperson and Executive Director Arif Hossain Khan informed that an ACC team had brought a list of 25 former and current employees of the central bank. Their names are not even in the safe deposit register. Now, even if someone brings a new list, Bangladesh Bank is ready to show it.

After the end of the operation, Kazi Sayemuzzaman told reporters that the 25 people against whom the allegations were made do not have any lockers. ACC has allegations against many more. The ACC will conduct the operation later based on the court's approval. These allegations were made by officials at various levels of Bangladesh Bank. Many of the accused officials are still with Bangladesh Bank and many are former officials. They are working in various regions of the central bank, including Khulna, Barisal and Dhaka. 272 safe deposit lockers were found.

On January 26, the ACC searched the locker of former Central Bank Deputy Governor SK Sur and found assets worth Tk 4.69 crore. These are now in the custody of the Central Bank. During the raid, the ACC found some more lockers in the names of Central Bank officials. It is suspected that some of them may also have lockers in the names of those who are currently being investigated for corruption. For this reason, the ACC has decided to search those lockers as well. In view of this, on February 2, the ACC wrote to the Central Bank Governor requesting him to take steps to ensure that no one can open those lockers. Since then, no one is being allowed to open the lockers of the Motijheel branch of the Central Bank.