Gulshan police yesterday arrested Shahadat Hossain Sohag, head of the United Commercial Bank's card division, in connection with the credit card scam involving over Tk 10 crore.

The amount was withdrawn in phases with 21 credit cards between 2007 and May 2012, according to the findings of an internal probe.

Sohag, a senior vice-president of the bank, was in

Bangkok when four of his subordinates in the card division were arrested on Sunday.

"He [Sohag] was supposed to join work on Tuesday but the authority did not allow him to do so because his name came in the initial inquiry," Shafiqul Alam, additional managing director of UCB, told The Daily Star.

Before the arrest, the bank dismissed Sohag, he said.

According to bank officials, Sohag was on leave for two days from June 3 for his daughter's treatment in Bangkok, Thailand.

The four other arrestees were remanded on Monday for four days.