ACC submits final reports on 263 cases
Saturday, 28 March 2009
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) submitted final reports on 263 graft cases involving 439 individuals in the last 14 months, as the allegations against them could not be substantiated, reports UNB.
According to official sources, the anti-graft watchdog submitted the final reports on the 263 graft cases from January 1, 2008 to until February 28 this year, letting 439 accused get off the hook.
Those came out clean included incumbent and former ministers and MPs representing major parties, local government representatives, government officials and employees, and individuals belonging to other professions.
They were accused of misappropriation of money, relief materials (rice, wheat, CI sheet etc) and government and private property, causing losses to the national exchequer, abuse of power, cheating, tax evasion, fraudulence, acquiring illegal wealth, concealment of information and money laundering.
ACC officials said the police filed most of these cases that were later forwarded to the Commission because the offences fell under its schedule. Of the 263 cases, final reports on 208 graft cases involving 340 accused were submitted in 2008.
Among the accused, 15 were former ministers and MPs of different parties, 66 chairmen and members of 'pourasavas' (municipalities) and union parishads, 66 government officials and employees and 88 belonging to other professions.
Of the 15 ex-ministers and MPs, Matia Chowdhury is now a minister while Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir is an MP. They were not holding their current positions when the final reports on their cases were submitted.
The other 13 former ministers and MPs are: Tariqul Islam, Barrister Aminul Haque, Prof MA Mannan, Asadul Habib Dulu, Salman F Rahman, Abdus Sobhan, Gazi Nazrul Islam, Shah Abu Zafar, Abdullah Abu Taher, M Giasuddin, Fazlul Haque Milon, Abul Hashem and AKM Selim Reza.
Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was also one of the 340 accused who was later cleared.
Of 208 cases, some 75 were filed for allegations of misappropriating corrugated iron (CI) sheets, foods, money, VGF, OMS and TR items - all meant for relief - 43 for bribery, 60 for misappropriating government/private property through fraudulence, 23 for causing losses to the exchequer through abuse of power, cheating and tax evasion, four for acquiring illegal wealth and three for money laundering.
According to official sources, the anti-graft watchdog submitted the final reports on the 263 graft cases from January 1, 2008 to until February 28 this year, letting 439 accused get off the hook.
Those came out clean included incumbent and former ministers and MPs representing major parties, local government representatives, government officials and employees, and individuals belonging to other professions.
They were accused of misappropriation of money, relief materials (rice, wheat, CI sheet etc) and government and private property, causing losses to the national exchequer, abuse of power, cheating, tax evasion, fraudulence, acquiring illegal wealth, concealment of information and money laundering.
ACC officials said the police filed most of these cases that were later forwarded to the Commission because the offences fell under its schedule. Of the 263 cases, final reports on 208 graft cases involving 340 accused were submitted in 2008.
Among the accused, 15 were former ministers and MPs of different parties, 66 chairmen and members of 'pourasavas' (municipalities) and union parishads, 66 government officials and employees and 88 belonging to other professions.
Of the 15 ex-ministers and MPs, Matia Chowdhury is now a minister while Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir is an MP. They were not holding their current positions when the final reports on their cases were submitted.
The other 13 former ministers and MPs are: Tariqul Islam, Barrister Aminul Haque, Prof MA Mannan, Asadul Habib Dulu, Salman F Rahman, Abdus Sobhan, Gazi Nazrul Islam, Shah Abu Zafar, Abdullah Abu Taher, M Giasuddin, Fazlul Haque Milon, Abul Hashem and AKM Selim Reza.
Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was also one of the 340 accused who was later cleared.
Of 208 cases, some 75 were filed for allegations of misappropriating corrugated iron (CI) sheets, foods, money, VGF, OMS and TR items - all meant for relief - 43 for bribery, 60 for misappropriating government/private property through fraudulence, 23 for causing losses to the exchequer through abuse of power, cheating and tax evasion, four for acquiring illegal wealth and three for money laundering.