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Politicians, businessmen, bureaucrats on new list of 80 corruption suspects

September 28, 2007 00:00:00


A new list of 80 high-profile corruption suspects including senior politicians, businessmen and bureaucrats was made available Thursday from unofficial sources.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Secretary Mokhles ur Rahman told UNB Thursday night that they have not yet received any such list officially. But official sources told him that a new list will be handed over to the ACC by Sunday.
The list came four days before the end of September as the government decided not to publish any new list of corruption suspects.
With the new names of 80 suspected corrupt persons, the total number of alleged "corrupt" rose to 222. A few of them has already been tried and jailed by special anti-corruption courts.
The new list contains the names of Awami League leaders Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Tofael Ahmed and Kazi Zafrullah, BNP leaders Dhaka Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka, Khulna Mayor Sheikh Taibur Rahman, former state minister Maj (retd) Kamrul Islam, former Deputy Minister for Food Asadul Habib Dulu, former BNP MP Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumy and former BNP MP and ex-Red Crescent Society chairman Shahidul Haque Jamal.
Prominent businessmen Latifur Rahman of Transcom, Abdur Rouf Chowdhury of RANGS Group, Abdul Matlub Ahmed of Nitol Group and Abul Khair Litu of Bengal Group are also in the list.
Others who are reportedly on the list include former BNP ward Commissioner Nobiullah Nobi, former BRTC chairman Tamur Alam Khandaker, BNP leader from Rajshahi Shis Mohammad, former BNP Shahidul Islam, former BNP MP Abul Khair Bhuiyan, Dr Dewan Salauddin, former state minister for Energy AKM Mosharaf Hossain, Ward commissioner Saidur Rahman Shahid, former BNP MP Fazlul Haque Milon, former Finance Minister Saifur Rahman's son Shafiur Rahman Babu, DCC ward commissioner Salimullah Salu, former MP Abdul Gafur Miah, Srimongal pourasava chairman Mohsin Miah alias Modhu Miah, former BNP MP Ilyas Ali, former BNP MP Professor Zoynal Abedin alias VP Zoynal, former BNP MP Sarder Sakhawat Hossain Bakul, AL leader AKM Jahangir Hossain, former MP Mirza Abdul Latif, AL leader Shawkat Hossain Hiron, former Chatra League presidents Ishaq Ali Khan Panna and Enamul Huq Shamim, former chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah's son Sadek Abdullah, Dhaka City AL acting president Rahmat Ullah, former Jatiya Party MP Nasim Osman, former JP MP Moshiur Rahman Ranga, Liberal Democratic Party presidium member Professor Jahanara Bagum, former BNP MP Mohammad Ali Zinnah, Jamaat leader Maulana Samiul Huq Farooqi of Gazipur, former Islami Bank chairman Meer Kashem Ali, former Law Secretary Alauddin Sarder, former Communication secretary Rezaul Hayat former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's APS Abdul Matin, Khaleda's APS Shamsul Alam, Khaleda's protocol officer Faridul Islam, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's APS Alauddin Nasim, former DC of Bagora and Director General of Disaster Management Rafiqul Mohammad, former additional chief engineer of Roads and Highway Khondoker Azadur Rahman, former additional chief engineer of Roads and Highway Giusuddin Tulu, former chief engineer of Roads and Highway Fazlul Haque, former Public Service Commission member Musleuddin, former chief Engineer of Department of Education Engineering Abdul Mannan, chairman of Bengal Group Abul Khair Litu, managing director of Eastern Group Manzurul Islam Babu, businessman Anis Ahmed Guki, businessman Shawkat Hossain of Chittagong, chairperson of Prashika Dr Kazi Faruque Ahmed, chairman of Jubok Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, former Adviser of Caretaker Government Justice Fazlul Haque, Engineer Aftab of Reza Construction, Civil Aviation Authority chief engineer Harunur Rashid, former Director General of Agricultural Extension Department Ibrahim Khalil, former director general of Drug Administration Professor Habibur Rahman, former assistant general manager of Bangladesh Bank Golam Mostafa, CBA leader of Rajuk and Amir Khasru, executive engineer of DCC Syed Mozaffar Hossain, former managing director of Essential Drugs Harunar Rashid, former managing director of Teletalk M Obaidullah, divisional Engineer of T and T Mohammad Towfiq, former deputy director of Agricultural Extension Department Javed Iqbal, officer of Water Development Board Zahirul Karim, additional Commissioner Golam Mostafa, National Board of Revenue member Ali Ahmed, Hazi Aminul Haque Shamim, owner of Momen Construction Abdul Monem, managing director of Bangladesh Gas Field Company Shahidul Abedin, Abdul Awal Talukder of Talukder Money Exchange, businessman of Narsingdi Abdul Quader Molla and former Bangabhaban official assistant secretary Nasir.

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