Dhaka: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday arrested a former manager of Sonali Bank and a businessman in Dhaka and Narayanganj in separate graft cases.

ACC Assistant director Mohammad Ataur Rahman of its Dhaka office 2 arrested suspended manager of Narayanganj Foreign Exchange branch of Sonali Bank Mohammad Abdus Samad from Shankar area Dhaka, said ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya.

On 31 July, 2013, a case was filed against him and others with Narayanganj Police for allegedly swindling out about Tk 23 crore from then women’s branch of the bank in Narayanganj, now foreign exchange branch, through opening letters of credit (LCs).

Besides, Ataur Rahman detained owner of M/s Angles Apparels Md Annisuzzaman from Narayanganj in another graft case filed against him with Narayanganj Police Station on 4 August, 2013 for swindling Tk 27.8 crore from Sonali Bank.

According to the case statement, Annisuzzaman imported goods through opening LCs at the women’s branch of Sonali Bank. But, he in collusion with bank officials sold the goods in local market without exporting it.