ACC sues top bosses of public utilities
March 12, 2008 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases Tuesday against managing directors of Dhaka WASA and Rupantorita Prakritik Gas Company Limited (RPGCL) along with seven others for misappropriating government funds worth about Tk 112.80 million.
Assistant Director of the ACC Abdul Mazed filed both the cases with Khilkhet police station against the top bosses of the public utilities and business tycoons on charges of "misappropriating or helping others to misappropriate" the money, reports UNB.
Those accused in one case are incumbent managing director (MD) of the RPGCL, the state-owned conversion workshop, Abdul Wadud, former RPGCL MD and incumbent WASA MD Major (retd) Raihanul Abedin, former MD of the RPGCL ABM Fazle Elahi, former RPGCL acting MD and general manager (finance and admin) Ekramul Haque Chowdhury, former RPGCL general manager Rezaul Karim, and incumbent director (finance) Golam Mostafa, Trident Agency MD Mohammad Ali and proprietor of Rahman Service Station Mahbubur Rahman.
They were accused of misappropriating or helping misappropriate over Tk 15.30 million in connivance with one another.