Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- "It is delaying the submission of formal charges in 56 cases over the loan scam," said ACC Secretary Muhammad Dilwar Bakht on Tuesday, a day after lawmaker and Supreme Court lawyer Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh called for the resignation of the ACC chairman for his failure to discharge his responsibilities.

Taposh slammed the anti-graft body for failing to file any case against Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu, the then chairman of the bank. According to an inquiry of the central bank, about Tk 45 billion was swindled out of BASIC Bank during the tenure of Bachhu.

"The cases you have talked about are complicated. Of the Tk 45 billion in loans, a large amount of the fund was withdrawn in cash. Our officials could not find out where ...