Police have arrested two people, including a senior official of Agrani Bank, in a case filed over the missing of Tk 4.38 crore from the vault of its Laldighi East Corporate branch in Chattogram.

The arrestees are Md Kamrul Hossain, 41, senior officer and cash in-charge of the branch, and Md Jafrullah Tanvir, 25.

They were arrested after the bank authorities filed a case with Kotwali Police Station.

Bank's General Manager Mostak Ahmed filed the case naming Kamrul and Jafrullah as accused along with several unidentified others.

According to the case statement, Kamrul was responsible for the branch's cash and vault. A discrepancy was detected on August 9 while officials were reconciling the cash transactions of the day with the cash kept in the vault after regular banking operations.

Subsequent scrutiny of the accounts, vault records and relevant documents revealed a shortage of Tk 4.38 crore.

When questioned about the shortage, Kamrul allegedly failed to provide a satisfactory explanation.

The bank alleged that Kamrul, with the assistance of Jafrullah and unidentified others, removed the money from the vault.

Inspector (Investigation) Md Iqbal Hossain of Kotwali Police Station, who is investigating the case, said the two named accused were arrested over the alleged embezzlement of Tk 4.38 crore belonging to bank customers.

A court later sent them to jail, he said.

Police seized two mobile phones from them, along with a 64GB pen drive containing WhatsApp communications and screen recordings, the investigation officer said.

The missing money was deposited by different customers, according to the bank authorities.