DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday interrogated seven officials of Mercantile Bank on allegation of loan scam of Tk 1300 crore of Ananda Shipyard.

A team led by Deputy Director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibli of ACC started grilling him from 10:00 am.

The bank officers are AVP Ashish Kumar Laskar, EVP Shoeb Ahmed, SVP Faisal Ahsan Chowdhury, FVP KM Anwarul Islam, SEVP Mohammad Ismail of Mercantile Bank principal office, manager Mahmud Alam Chowdhury and principal officer Maruf Uddin Kamal of Engineers Institute branch.

The ACC sources said Ananda Shipyard embezzled Tk 1300 crore from 12 banks and finance company in name of ship export.

The information came after an inspection conducted by Bangladesh Bank officials.

The sources said the ACC also collected file of Ananda Shipyard from Islami Bank Limited Karwan Bazar Branch, AB Bank Limited Karwan Bazar Branch, Mercantile Bank Limited Engineers Institute branch, One Bank Limited Motijheel Branch, Janata Bank Local Branch, NCC Bank Limited and Bangladesh Development Bank Limited Main branch.

BDST: 1232 HRS, DEC 22, 2014 / Update: 1710 HRS,