Bank official lands in jail for swindling Tk 12.16cr

A Bogura court yesterday sent an official of Jamuna Bank to jail on charges of embezzling Tk 12.16 crore.

The court of senior special judge Noresh Chandra Sarker passed the order.

Aminul Islam, assistant director of the ACC in Bogura, said the authorities of the bank filed a written complaint against Sawgat Arman, manager of the bank's Bogura branch, on Tuesday.

On information, the ACC looked into the audit reports of the bank and primarily found Sawgat to be guilty of the crime.

As a result, the ACC arrested Sawgat immediately and placed him before court yesterday, he added.

Sawgat embezzled the money from accounts that were not regularly used by the clients, the ACC official said.