The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday detained six people over separate graft allegations in Rangamati, Sylhet, Dhaka, Chittagong, Feni and Habiganj, according to a press release.
Sirajul Islam Mir, Director of Mir Enterprise Ltd, was arrested by an ACC team led by ACC headquarter Director for Dhaka zone Syed Iqbal Hossain from the city's Dhanmondi area.
He was arrested on allegation of misappropriation of Tk 93,484,537 from Ramna corporate branch of Janata Bank Ltd, showing fake export-import data between Mir Enterprise Ltd and Chowdhury Knitwear by opening 24 back-to-back letter of credits (LCs).
Sylhet forest range officer Mokhlesur Rahman was detained from Habiganj for embezzling Tk 730, 542, which was collected from forest goods auction when he was the forest range officer in Juri of Moulvibazar district.
He was arrested by Habiganj Integrated District Office (IDO) assistant director Fakhrul Islam acting on the case filed with Juri police station on April 18, 2016.
Morshed Alam Belal was arrested from Bagbari of Sylhet by ACC's Dhaka office deputy director Faridur Rahman for evading Tk 17,499,167 by registering a luxury car by bribing Tk 1,700,000 to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) officials in Sylhet.
An expatriate brought the car into the country in 2010 under Carnet de Passage which was sold to Mr Belal at Tk 2,900,000.
An ACC team, led by Chittagong IDO deputy director Mosharraf Hossain Mridha, arrested Chittagong City Corporation's acting deputy tax officer for Revenue Circle-2 Ali Akbar from Chandgaon area while receiving bribe from a client.
Mr Akbar asked for Tk 40,000 from a client for setting holding tax of his building and changing the owner's name of the building. Following a complaint from the owner of the building, ACC team nabbed the tax official red-handed with Tk 20,000.
In Feni, Ismail Hossain Molla was arrested from Panchgachia Bazar of Ratanpur by Noakhali IDO deputy assistant director Soyeb Hossain for embezzling Tk 400,000 from Mahipal branch of Sonali Bank in favour of a fake company.
An ACC team, led by Rangamati IDO deputy director Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan arrested Komol Bikash Chakma, proprietor of Dewan and Co., from Rangamati district for submitting Tk 92,000 worth of fake bank guarantee for a tender to construct a bridge.
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