ACC approves case against former postal deptt officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved the filing of a case against former Director General of the Postal Department, Sudhangshu Shekhar Bhadra, and Deputy Postmaster General, Mostaq Ahmed, on charges of irregularities and corruption in government procurement, reports UNB.

The case will be filed by an ACC Assistant Director at the Dhaka Coordinated Office, ACC-1.

The allegations centre on Bhadra and Ahmed, who served as Project Director and Deputy Project Director, respectively, for the "Post e-Centre for Rural Community" project, ACC spokesman Aktarul Islam confirmed.

The two officials are accused of misappropriating over Tk 150 million (15 crore) during the procurement of 500 HPE Servers and UPS units. Despite the significant expenditure, the equipment was never utilised, leading to a loss of public funds.

An investigation conducted by the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology in 2017, supported by witness testimonies, revealed that contracts for purchasing the servers, UPS units, and other electronic equipment were made with the government-owned telephone industry.