ACC to sue 22 BTCL officials
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file 11 cases against 22 officials of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) for misappropriating Tk 406.3 million (40.63 crore), reports UNB.
ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal told the Commission's regular briefing Monday that the anti-graft watchdog had approved the filing of the cases against the officials of BTCL, formerly known as Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB).
Seven cases will be filed against 14 officials for misappropriating Tk 325.5 million from 2000-'01 to 2006-'07 fiscal in the name of repairing vehicles through fake vouchers.
The officials are Raich-ur-Rahman, Mostafa Hanif Chowdhury, Abdul Goni, Noni Gopal Ghosh, Fakhrul Haider Chowdhury, Zafar Sadek, Sheikh M Shafiullah, Abul Kashem, Saedul Haque, Shahjahan Mian, Fazlul Haque (1), Fazlul Haque (2), Ahsan Ali and M Faruk.
Another four cases will be lodged against eight BTCL officials for misappropriating Tk 80.8 million from 2004-'05 to 2007-'08 fiscal. The misappropriated money was shown as conveyance allowance.
ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal told the Commission's regular briefing Monday that the anti-graft watchdog had approved the filing of the cases against the officials of BTCL, formerly known as Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB).
Seven cases will be filed against 14 officials for misappropriating Tk 325.5 million from 2000-'01 to 2006-'07 fiscal in the name of repairing vehicles through fake vouchers.
The officials are Raich-ur-Rahman, Mostafa Hanif Chowdhury, Abdul Goni, Noni Gopal Ghosh, Fakhrul Haider Chowdhury, Zafar Sadek, Sheikh M Shafiullah, Abul Kashem, Saedul Haque, Shahjahan Mian, Fazlul Haque (1), Fazlul Haque (2), Ahsan Ali and M Faruk.
Another four cases will be lodged against eight BTCL officials for misappropriating Tk 80.8 million from 2004-'05 to 2007-'08 fiscal. The misappropriated money was shown as conveyance allowance.