Embezzlement of over Tk 10cr, 3 Agrani Bank officials arrested in Pabna

The police arrested three officials of Kashinathpur branch of Agrani Bank Limited over their alleged involvement in embezzling of over Tk 10.13 crore from the bank's vault at Santhia upazila in Pabna.

The arrested officials are Agrani Bank Limited's Kashinathpur branch manager Harun Bin Salam, principal officer Abu Zafar and cash officer Subrata Chakrabarty.

According to police and Agrani Bank sources, acting on a tip-off, an audit team comprising of five officials from Agrani Bank's Rajshahi divisional and Pabna regional branches made a surprise visit to the Kashinathpur branch around 10:00am on Thursday.

After the day-long audit, they found the irregularities of more than Tk 10.13 crore at the branch.

The audit team then reported the incident to the police. Later, the law enforcers arrested three officials from the Kashinathpur branch after at 7:00pm.

Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Santhia Police Station, said "The three bank officials were arrested under Section 54 of the Penal Code."