ACC sues Obaidul Quader, former top officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader and several former top officials of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority for alleged misapplication of funds and irregularities in the Karnaphuli Tunnel project, reports UNB.

ACC Director General Akhter Hossain disclosed this while speaking at a press briefing in front of the head office of the Commission in the capital on Thursday.

The other accused are former secretary and executive director of the Bridge Authority Khandaker Anwarul Islam, former chief engineer Kabir Ahmed, and former director and permanent member Ali Ullah Ahmed .

According to the ACC, they ignored the price set by the negotiation committee and based on the foreign experts' recommendation, added a service area, monitoring software, and a tag board to the project.

The government suffered a financial loss of over Tk 5.85 billion due to the inclusion.

They allegedly violated the provisions of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2006 by appointing individual consultants at a cost of more than Tk 5.85 billion.