2 WASA officials sued for embezzling Tk 248cr

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against three officials of Dhaka WASA on charges of embezzling Tk 248.55 crore from the Program for Performance Improvement (PPI) project in ten years.

The anti-graft body’s Assistant Director Ashikur Rahman filed the case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1 under section 409 of Penal Code and 109 of The Prevention of Corruption Act-1947, said ACC Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain.

The accused are former WASA revenue inspector and co-chairman of the PPI project Miah Md Mizanur Rahman, former revenue inspector Md Habib Ullah Bhuyain and Computer operator (outsourcing) Md Naimul Hasan.

According to the case, the accused embezzled Tk 248.55 crore by withdrawing the money illegally from the bank account of the PPI Management Committee between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2020.

In 2010-2020, over Tk 354 crore for PPI project bills by Dhaka WASA was paid to Dhaka WASA Employees Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited at their bank account with Janata Bank Ltd Kawran Bazar Corporate Branch in the capital.

After scrutinizing the expenditure data, ACC found an expenditure record of Tk 95.1 crore during the period while Tk 10.59 crore was in the bank account.