Wrangle between WDB engineer, contractor leads to cases
Friday, 22 April 2011
Our Correspondent
RANGPUR, Apr 21: A corruption case was filed against executive engineer of Rangpur Water Development Board (WDB) Shahidul Islam on Sunday. Contractor Shahadat Hossain brought an allegation of bribery against the executive engineer four days after Shahidul had lodged an attempt to murder case with the same police station against Apple, Firoz Kowsar Mamun and Jadu. Shahadat in his case alleged that the executive engineer took Tk 30,000 as bribe from him to approve the bill of a construction work under the department. He claimed that he had an audio record of the conversation between him and the executive engineer regarding the bribe. The officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station on Sunday recorded the case. A police officer at Kotwali police station requesting anonymity told this correspondent that an influential Awami League leader of the district unit forced police to accept the case against the executive engineer. When contacted, Shahidul Islam alleged that Apple, Mamun and Jadu assaulted him four days ago when he was returning home from the office. "I was narrowly saved but they damaged my jeep," he said. He said, they attacked him as he refused to comply with their illegal request to make payment of a construction work before its completion. "I have lodged a case with Rangpur Kotwali police station in this connection." Officer-in-charge of the police station Haider Ali Mollah said police have taken the allegations seriously. The charges against the executive engineer would be investigated by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), he added. 1000 sacks of OMS rice seized Another message adds: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 1000 sacks of OMS (Open Market Sale) rice from a godown at Mahiganj area under Rangpur Sadar Upazila Wednesday afternoon. Sources said, on secret information RAB raided rice trader Mahafuzar Rahman Fattah's godown at Mahiganj and recovered the rice stored there for selling in the black market.
RANGPUR, Apr 21: A corruption case was filed against executive engineer of Rangpur Water Development Board (WDB) Shahidul Islam on Sunday. Contractor Shahadat Hossain brought an allegation of bribery against the executive engineer four days after Shahidul had lodged an attempt to murder case with the same police station against Apple, Firoz Kowsar Mamun and Jadu. Shahadat in his case alleged that the executive engineer took Tk 30,000 as bribe from him to approve the bill of a construction work under the department. He claimed that he had an audio record of the conversation between him and the executive engineer regarding the bribe. The officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station on Sunday recorded the case. A police officer at Kotwali police station requesting anonymity told this correspondent that an influential Awami League leader of the district unit forced police to accept the case against the executive engineer. When contacted, Shahidul Islam alleged that Apple, Mamun and Jadu assaulted him four days ago when he was returning home from the office. "I was narrowly saved but they damaged my jeep," he said. He said, they attacked him as he refused to comply with their illegal request to make payment of a construction work before its completion. "I have lodged a case with Rangpur Kotwali police station in this connection." Officer-in-charge of the police station Haider Ali Mollah said police have taken the allegations seriously. The charges against the executive engineer would be investigated by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), he added. 1000 sacks of OMS rice seized Another message adds: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 1000 sacks of OMS (Open Market Sale) rice from a godown at Mahiganj area under Rangpur Sadar Upazila Wednesday afternoon. Sources said, on secret information RAB raided rice trader Mahafuzar Rahman Fattah's godown at Mahiganj and recovered the rice stored there for selling in the black market.