Postal Dept ex-DG Shudhanshu held

Former Director General (DG) of Postal Department Sudhanshu Shekhar Bhadra has been arrested, reports UNB.

Md Akhtarul Islam, public relations officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), confirmed the matter, saying that ACC deputy assistant director Nazir Akanda, in association with detectives, arrested him on Tuesday night.

On August 20, the ACC filed a case against him. According to the case statement, an agreement was signed with the state-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) to purchase 500 HPE ML-30 servers and other electronic goods, including UPS, under the 'Post-e-Center' project of the postal department.

The government money has been misused violating Section 23 of the Public Finance and Budget Management Act.