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ACC files 4 cases against 5 individuals

Staff Correspondent
17 Aug 2020 22:55:58 | Update: 17 Aug 2020 23:18:35
ACC files 4 cases against 5 individuals

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed four separate cases against five individuals on allegations of bribery, embezzlement, illegal possession of wealth and institutional corruption.

Three ACC deputy directors filed the cases against the alleged.

Deputy Director of ACC, Md Shahidur Rahman filed a case against Principal of Sheikh Hasina Medical college Dr Md Abu Sufiyan and Afsana Islam, owner of Nirzora Enterprise in Dhaka on allegation of fraud, abuse of power and embezzlement of money in purchasing medical books. Allegedly, the duo had shown overpricing of books which incurred monetary loss of 1.30 crore taka.

In another case, ACC Deputy Director Md Ferrous Rahman brought allegation of corruption against the same Dr Sufiyan and SM Nazrul Islam, proprietor of Ponum Trade International based in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The alleged had misappropriated public money worth 2.14 crore taka by showing inflated prices of medical equipment.

The other two cases were filed by Deputy Director Md Abu Bakkar Siddique against Khulna-Mongla port rail line construction Project Director Md Ramzan Ali and his wife Agha Dilruba Parvin for their alleged possession of wealth beyond legal income source.

The allegation said, Ramzan Ali from 1989 to 2019 kept Tk 2.70 worth of property under his grip which was earned through illegal means.

The allegation brought against Agha Dilruba Parvin said, she had acquired 1.85 crore taka worth property by illegal means which has no legal source.

 

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