Dhaka, June 9 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a former bank official for allegedly embezzling around Tk 5 lakh by using a customer's credit card.

The arrested person has been identified as Sarwar Hossain, 40, son of Golam Mawla.

A team of CID's Dhaka Metropolitan, West, unit arrested him on Monday afternoon from Gulshan.

According to the case statement, Sarwar Hossain was working as a Senior Relationship Officer at a reputed bank in 2017 when a customer applied for a credit card in his name.

Although the customer later returned the card to the bank but the accused did not submit it to the bank and instead kept it in his possession.

He allegedly used fake mobile numbers and addresses to maintain control of ...