The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned six former officers of Election Commission (EC) Secretariat in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged "corruption and irregularities" in the procurement of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), reports bdnews24.com.
They have been asked to appear before the agency tomorrow (Wednesday), the anti-graft watchdog's spokesman Akhtarul Islam said on Sunday.
Rakibul Hayat, assistant director and head of the ACC's inquiry team, sent a letter summoning them to the EC secretary on Jun 26, he said.
An ACC senior officer said those summoned include former deputy chief of the EC Secretariat Saiful Haque Chowdhury, former assistant chief Mahfuzul Haque, former IT System consultant of the IDEA Project AHM Abdur Rahim Khan, former deputy secretary (acting) Farhad Hossain, former system analyst Farzana Akhter, and former senior maintenance engineer Muhammad Ashraf Hossain.
The national graft buster alleges that former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda and his associates initiated the EVM procurement project without conducting a feasibility study.
It claims that 150,000 "low-quality" EVMs were purchased at prices ten times higher than the market rate, and without any competitive tender process, causing the state a financial loss of approximately Tk 31.72 billion.
In 2018, the EC under KM Nurul Huda approved the purchase of the EVMs.
ACC summons six ex-EC officials over graft allegations
FE Team | Published: June 30, 2025 23:20:52
ACC summons six ex-EC officials over graft allegations
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