ACC to sue 24 engineers, contractors for graft
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to sue 24 persons, including seven engineers of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) and 17 contractors, for alleged misappropriation of about Tk 8.0 million from a project fund, reports UNB.
ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal told the Commission's regular briefing Monday afternoon that the anti-graft watchdog had approved the filing of the case against the 24 suspects for their alleged corruption in constructing the connecting road from the Chittagong Oxygen Junction to the Kaptai Road.
He said the 24 individuals in connivance with each other allegedly misappropriated Tk 7,934,000 of the contract value of about Tk 20 million through making "false" measurement and book bill. The misappropriated amount was about 40 per cent of the contract value of particular 17 lots.
According to officials, ACC Deputy Assistant Director Shamsuddin Ahmed would file the case in Chittagong soon.
The CDA engineers who are going to be sued are superintending engineer Iqbal Hossain Majumder, executive engineer Kazi Hasan Shams, assistant engineers Nurul Amin Bhuiyan and Mohammad Ilyas and sub-assistant engineers Syed Golam Sarwar, Jahangir Alam and Hamidul Haque.
The contractors who are also going to be accused are Abul Kalam M Shamsuzzaman, Khondoker Jasim Uddin, Ishaq Chowdhury, Saleh Zahur, Mohammad Ismail, Shamsul Alam, Jahirul Haque, Mohammad Aman, Yakub Chowdhury, Saifullah Chowdhury, Manjur Ahmed, Nurul Islam, Mohammad Ali Akbar, Iqbal Hossain, Noor Mohammad, Khondoker Jasim Uddin and Abul Kalam Azad.
Col Hanif said that the Commission also approved submission of charge sheets in two graft cases, including one against former MP Mahmudul Haque Rubel.
ACC will submit charge sheet in the case against Rubel for alleged corruption involving relief CI sheet while Abul Kalam Azad, a security guard (now on LPR) at Zia International Airport, will be charge-sheeted for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 16 million.
Meanwhile, Hanif said, the ACC forwarded Monday names of 11 government employees to the Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) for considering their clemency applications. With these 11, so far the ACC sent 90 applications to TAC.
He said the Commission had got another 25 applications with them and they would be sent to TAC after Eid-ul-Fitr.
Responding to a question about the application of a politician, the ACC spokesperson said the application of the politician, first one to apply for TAC clemency, had not yet been sent. His file was not ready yet.
About the Boropukuria graft case filed against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, 10 ministers of her cabinet and five others, he said the Commission had decided in principle to charge sheet the accused.
About the Zia Orphanage Trust scam case filed against Khaleda, her elder son Tarique Rahman and five others, Hanif said the investigation report of the case was submitted to the Commission on September 10.
ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal told the Commission's regular briefing Monday afternoon that the anti-graft watchdog had approved the filing of the case against the 24 suspects for their alleged corruption in constructing the connecting road from the Chittagong Oxygen Junction to the Kaptai Road.
He said the 24 individuals in connivance with each other allegedly misappropriated Tk 7,934,000 of the contract value of about Tk 20 million through making "false" measurement and book bill. The misappropriated amount was about 40 per cent of the contract value of particular 17 lots.
According to officials, ACC Deputy Assistant Director Shamsuddin Ahmed would file the case in Chittagong soon.
The CDA engineers who are going to be sued are superintending engineer Iqbal Hossain Majumder, executive engineer Kazi Hasan Shams, assistant engineers Nurul Amin Bhuiyan and Mohammad Ilyas and sub-assistant engineers Syed Golam Sarwar, Jahangir Alam and Hamidul Haque.
The contractors who are also going to be accused are Abul Kalam M Shamsuzzaman, Khondoker Jasim Uddin, Ishaq Chowdhury, Saleh Zahur, Mohammad Ismail, Shamsul Alam, Jahirul Haque, Mohammad Aman, Yakub Chowdhury, Saifullah Chowdhury, Manjur Ahmed, Nurul Islam, Mohammad Ali Akbar, Iqbal Hossain, Noor Mohammad, Khondoker Jasim Uddin and Abul Kalam Azad.
Col Hanif said that the Commission also approved submission of charge sheets in two graft cases, including one against former MP Mahmudul Haque Rubel.
ACC will submit charge sheet in the case against Rubel for alleged corruption involving relief CI sheet while Abul Kalam Azad, a security guard (now on LPR) at Zia International Airport, will be charge-sheeted for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 16 million.
Meanwhile, Hanif said, the ACC forwarded Monday names of 11 government employees to the Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) for considering their clemency applications. With these 11, so far the ACC sent 90 applications to TAC.
He said the Commission had got another 25 applications with them and they would be sent to TAC after Eid-ul-Fitr.
Responding to a question about the application of a politician, the ACC spokesperson said the application of the politician, first one to apply for TAC clemency, had not yet been sent. His file was not ready yet.
About the Boropukuria graft case filed against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, 10 ministers of her cabinet and five others, he said the Commission had decided in principle to charge sheet the accused.
About the Zia Orphanage Trust scam case filed against Khaleda, her elder son Tarique Rahman and five others, Hanif said the investigation report of the case was submitted to the Commission on September 10.