Dhaka: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday arrested a member of Customs, Excise & Vat Appellate Tribunal and a former bank manager from the capital and Rajshahi in separate graft cases.

ACC deputy director Jalal Uddin Ahmed arrested Customs Appellate Tribunal member Md Nurul Islam (former commissioner of Mongla Customs House) from Segunbagicha area, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told news agency United News of Bangladesh.

On July 4, 2011, the ACC filed a case against him with Mongla Police Station in Bagerhat for allegedly siphoned off Tk 4.5 crore.

According to the case statement, when Nurul Islam was the commissioner of Mongla Customs House in 2009, he in collusion with others imported two containers of illegal goods, including unapproved wine and electronic goods, worth Tk 4.5 crore and released the containers through Mongla Port.

The money was siphoned off abroad to pay the price of those unapproved goods, it said.  

Besides, ACC assistant director Md Alamgir of Rajshahi zila office arrested former manager of Agrani Bank Rajubagha branch Rafiqul Islam from Rajshahi.  

On July 20, 2016, the ACC filed a case against him and others with Bagha Police Station (Rajshahi) for allegedly swindling out Tk 1.13 crore from the branch through disbursement of fake loans.