ACC sacks one official, suspends another

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sacked one of its officials and suspended another on charge of showing negligence in duty, misconduct and misuse of power.

"The anti-graft watchdog has sacked its assistant director SM Shamim Iqbal and suspended another assistant director Beer Kanto Roy on charge of negligence in duty, misconduct and misuse of power", said a press release on Monday.

ACC director general (Admin) Munir Chowdhury said the punitive action was taken against the officials so that the ACC staff do not dare to be involved in corruption and irregularities.

The anti-graft agency will take such stern action to establish its institutional discipline, he added.

Ikbal, who was posed in Khulna office, did not submit a charge sheet for one year in a corruption case.

In a departmental investigation, the ACC found him guilty and sacked him on May 20. He will not even get the pension benefit.

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