8-member ACC team at Bangladesh Bank to open 300 officials' lockers

An eight-member Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) team, led by Director Kazi Sayemuzzaman, reached Bangladesh Bank to open more than 300 secret lockers registered under the names of its officials.

The ACC team entered the central bank at Motijheel in the capital at 12noon. The lockers will be opened in presence of an executive magistrate of Dhaka district administration.

The anti-graft body recently obtained court approval to open these lockers as they suspect significant assets are being stored within, according to sources.

The ACC has also sent official letters to the relevant departments within Bangladesh Bank, requesting cooperation in opening the lockers.

Earlier, it detected more than 300 secret lockers used to store the money and assets of bank officials in the security vault at Bangladesh Bank.

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